The Chairman of OGSIEC, Alhaja Risikat Ogunfemi, made this known in Abeokuta while defending the commission’s 2015 budget before the state’s House of Assembly’s Finance and Appropriation Committee
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Adebayo Ajayi, the Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of IPMAN, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the oil workers’ strike would impose hardship on Nigerians
The Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr. Clement Iloh, told the stakeholders in Abuja that the meeting was organised to resolve the issues on the ongoing strike.
Iloh expressed regrets that it was unfortunate that the key actor was absent.
The Chairman of the meeting and Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar, Dr. Mohammed Saleh Alsada, announced this in a communiqué read at the end of the meeting
He said N34.6 billion, representing 31 per cent of the budget, would be spent on recurrent expenditure,while N75.4 billion, representing 69 per cent of the estimates, was earmarked for capital expenditure
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said Nigeria is in for some “hard time” following the continuous decline…
The statement said that the bank was suspended from duty collection due to the failure of its customers to redeem a bond amounting to N3.64 billion secured by the bank
He said: “Already, there is power poverty in the country because the world acclaimed standard is that wherever we have one million people, there must be 1000mw
Omar spoke at a briefing on the ongoing strike by NUPENG and PENGASSAN on Tuesday that it was the refusal of government to fulfill agreements reached with the unions that led to the strike
A breakdown of the figure shows that works and infrastructures got the highest allocation of N14.9 billion for the settlement of liabilities to contractors to complete on-going projects, especially in urban and rural roads rehabilitation
Senator Andy Uba, who presented the Bill, recalled that President Goodluck Jonathan had during one of his visits to the state conferred the status of oil-producing state on Anambra State following the discovery of crude oil in the state
Ikuforiji said that the Budget and Economic Planning Committee and other standing committees of the House must take a critical look at the budget proposal and complete work on it before the date
Udo said apart from unpaid salaries and allowances of workers in Abak, Ikono, Ikot Ekpene and Uyo local government areas, retired members had not been paid gratuities since 2009
Speaking at the launch on Tuesday at the State House Banquet Hall, Jonathan said his government foresaw the drop in crude oil price, hence the launch of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda three years ago aimed at diversifying the country’s economy
The resolution to probe the allegation was sequel to the threat by the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin, on September 3, 2014, to expose some international oil companies allegedly aiding oil theft in the country
The NBS said: “The decrease was a result of fall in the value of exports and imports in the third quarter when compared with that of the second quarter
The President of the union, Francis Johnson, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in a telephone interview on Monday
He said that the office also refused to pay the arrears of the minimum wage to parastatals, while the gratuity and pensions of retired workers were yet to be paid
The strike was embarked upon by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers over demand for the reinstatement of some sacked workers
The statement said: “The Federal Government has invited the two unions for a meeting in Abuja where the affected stakeholders will be in attendance tomorrowTuesday by 11a.m