Alhaji Ismail Adedigba, NCC Deputy Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
He said the decision to increase data tariff was to prevent the sector from becoming a monopoly whereby one service provider would be charging consumers arbitrary prices for data services
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The National President of the association, Dr Edwin Uche, said in an interview with NAN in Abujaon Friday that the increase was a step in the right direction
Bolanle Olafunmiloye, the Ondo State Focal Person for the programme, said in a statement in Akure that verification to engage the youths would commence throughout the state on December 19
According to the budget, the recurrent expenditure is pegged at N48.04 billion, representing 44.45 percent, while N60.02 billion was set aside for capital expenditure, which represents 55.55 percent of the total budget size
Sanni Okanlawan, Special Adviser on Food Security to Governor Akinwumi Ambode, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the rice would now be on sale from next week
Adeleke, who delivered a paper on “Refocusing Banking Supervision in Nigeria in an Era of Economic Recession”, said that it was imperative for the country to do the needful to come out of recession
Muda Yusuf, the Director-General, LCCI, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the present foreign exchange policy had affected investors’ confidence and caused a lull in the economy
He said that quick passage of the bill would also improve the standard of living of the people of the state and help in the overall development of the country
Obidigbo said that the harsh policies of the government on manufacturers had led to dwindling economy, workers’ retrenchment and collapsed industries
Peterside stated this when he played host to members of the Lagos Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, led by the Chairman, Deji Elumoye, at the Headquarters of the Agency in Lagos.
In Lagos, the team led by Umar Bukar Gana sealed off Mayssa International Limited, situated at 202, Etim Inyang Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos, over a tax debt of N133.8 million
The Osun State Government in a bid to deliver on its promises to the people, concluded a three-day retreat designed to elicit robust and rigorous discussions along the line of the State’s revenue vis-à-vis budget performance in 2017
Our correspondent recalled that the Special Adviser to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Laolu Akande, had in recent reports claimed that the 200,000 unemployed youths across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory have been posted to their respective places of work
Represented by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, Osinbajo said that $15 billion would be injected into the sector
He expressed confidence in the ability of the budget to pull Nigeria out of economic recession as quickly as possible if properly implemented.
A statement by the government, through the Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Office of the Governor, said that based on the received fund, Governor Rauf Aregbesola has approved an upward review of the existing salaries and pensions payment structure with the aim of further easing the financial strains foisted on the workers and pensioners as a result of the national economic challenge the country has faced in recent times
The budget, tagged: “Budget of Consolidation,” is N22.9 billion or 21.27 per cent more than the 2016 Budget
Similarly, the market capitalisation rose by N52.07 billion, representing a growth of 0.57 per cent to close at N9.138 trillion against N9.086 trillion achieved on Wednesday
A report released by the NBS in Abuja on Thursday noted that increases were recorded in all Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose, divisions that yield the Headline Index
According to Kachikwu, net payments to the Federation Account are expected to double from about $7 billion to over $14 billion by 2020