Jonathan also promised to establish a cargo terminal for perishable food items at the airport to for the quick processing and evacuation of agricultural produce from the farm to consumers abroad
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Governor Babatunde Fashola told newsmen on Saturday in Lagos that the state needed more funds to complete them before May 2015
He said the trucks that would be produced in Calabar would be of high technology and class, adding that the volume of production would be determined by the economic indices of demand
The minister said for the sake of Nigeria and Nigerians, it was critical that the ministry be reformed and professionalized to have the right people doing their jobs for the country
The All-Share Index rose by 500.65 points or 1.39 per cent to close at 36,907.81 against the 36,400.16 achieved on Thursday due to price appreciation by some blue chips
“As a result of substantially higher price levels last year, the implications are that the year-on-year changes for this year are likely to be lower
Abba-Bukar said this at a monthly seminar organised by the Nigerian-South African Chamber of Commerce on Thursday in Lagos
The Federal Executive Council, at its meeting on Wednesday in Abuja, approved the strategy document to help address the structure of the country debts
“There is augmentation of N92.436 billion, which brings the total statutory allocation to N623.768 billion
The medium-term strategy, he disclosed, was developed by the Ministry of Finance in conjunction with the Debt Management Office while the Central Bank of Nigeria developed a medium-term debt management strategy, with input from the National Bureau of Statistics, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
The command’s spokesman, Ernest Olottah, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Badagry that the revenue was about N54 million lower than that of March
As part of its forecast for Nigeria, the NER also suggests that Nigeria will need to build up its fiscal reserve to protect the country from oil price volatility
The Committee, according to Akinjide, distributed N228.44 million of the revenue received for the month of March 2013 to AMAC while N179.23 million and N173.44 million were allocated to Gwagwalada Area Council and Bwari Area Council respectively
“We have to fix sanitation if we want to end extreme poverty by 2030 and boost the incomes of the poorest 40 percent. From my background in health, I know well the magnitude of the problem. This is an absolutely critical intervention. The impact of inadequate sanitation lies at the core of so many barriers to prosperity faced by poor people – health, education, environment, wealth, equity, and dignity. The return on investment is high, especially for the poor,” Jim Yong Kim said
For records purposes it is pertinent to remind Nigerians at home and in diaspora that the journey to where we are today started before 2011 general elections. But due to limited time available then we were unable to make reasonable progress and the merger suffered a setback. Determined to make it happen again, the founders picked up the courage and returned to the drawing board
This represents an enormous opportunity to advance the social good,” said Jane Wales, President and CEO of Global Philanthropy Forum
The minister of Interior, Abba Moro, who spoke with correspondents after a meeting of the Presidential Committee on the plight of the Displaced Bakassi People, presided over by Vice President Namadi Sambo, said the report on the attack was being studied by the government
Mr Tusk is now holding bilateral talks with his host, President Goodluck Jonathan, and his ministers at the Presidential Villa
According to him, the net revenue allocation of N1.366 billion was distributed to the six Area Councils, with Abuja Municipal Area Council receiving the lion share of N319.58 million, as against the sum of N242.75 received in January 2013
The Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, has signed the 2013 Appropriation Bill of N96.4 billion into law with…