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Ndume said: “We are doing this to bring the best out of our budget processes, eliminate waste, introduce professionalism, and increase transparency and accountability

Tokunbo Martins, the Director, Banking Supervision of the Central Bank of Nigeria, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen at the end of the Bankers Committee meeting in Lagos

Martins said the bank would do everything possible to ensure that MAN members got the needed forex to buy raw materials for their production to revive the economy

He said the new management would ensure the best working environment and turn things around for the good of the people

He decried the fraudulent online claim of partnership between the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment and African Development Bank, Islamic Bank and Central Bank of Nigeria

Peterside, who was represented by the Head, Emergency Service of NIMASA, Hakeem Oderinde, said the topic was indeed well thought out at this time when the country was facing economic challenges

He said: “With 37 million small and medium scale enterprises providing about 95 per cent of our jobs, as we promote ‘Made in Nigeria’, we must also use our legislative powers to amend the taxation laws

He said: “We expect that before the end of this month, we should have engaged 200,000 of them and we are hoping that before the end of the year we should have engaged more.”

Osibanjo said: “We are talking practically to everyone, talking to big investors, talking to big businesses, small businesses, to youth groups that are interested in technology, talking to farmers, talking to market women and men

He said that the assembly was committed to pushing the bills to ensure that they transformed the country’s economy, adding that the legislature was also pro-business and pro-private sector

The Minister gave the charge on the Day 2 of the 46th Annual Accountants Conference organized by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the market capitalisation improved by N38 billion or 0.39 per cent to close at N9.629 trillion against N9.591 trillion posted on Monday

The Senate called on the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing and the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission to immediately halt the raising of the bonds by Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company

Over 1,000 students of Federal College of Education, Zaria stormed the premises and claimed that they paid their registration fees at the bank in Sabongari area of the town

Gwadabe made the assertion in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos

The vice-president spoke at the 22nd Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja on Tuesday, where he chaired a Roundtable on Job Creation, Skills and Employment at the summit

At the official inter-bank market, the naira remained at N304.75 to a dollar

Aregbesola said at the signing of the MOU that his administration has been able to endure the harsh economic challenges in the country because of the government’s huge investments in human development

Attah, in his presentation to the forum, remarked that the NLNG Act provided incentives, assurances and guarantees, which significantly encouraged investment in the project, adding that experience has clearly shown that countries cannot hope to legislate investments into existence without addressing issues relating to accompanying incentives, guarantees, and assurances

In a paper: “Public Sector Financial Management Reforms as a Strategy for Cutting Cost of Governance in Nigeria,” Adeosun said only 18 per cent of the releases was for capital expenses as against 82 per cent for recurrent expenditure