The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents alongside the Ministers of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, and that of Finance, Kemi Adeosun.
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Okala, who is also the Chairman of Technical Committee on Kogi State Pension Reform, made the revelation at a stakeholders meeting on importance of the new Contributory Pension Scheme in Lokoja
We are into shipping, banking, insurance. We are also in trading, which is my major traditional profession as an Igbere man, while all of our other businesses that were thriving during the tenure of former President Olusegun Obasanjo have been moved out of Nigeria. This happened when the licenses of Hallmark Bank and Slok Airline were cancelled. We had to move to the region to remove First International Bank, which had been there since 1997, first opened in Gambia and spread to other Aest African countries and the international insurance company, we have investment of all over some insurance companies in Nigeria, some banks and the rest of them, So the major ones that were in control were these two institutions. We are into shipping. We are the largest shipping company in sub Saharan Africa and we are also transporting and supporting oil drilling. It has been ups and downs. Agriculturally, we export cocoa, we export cashew nuts and all major cash crops. We are also into manufacturing with 9,000 workers on the payroll, which is a fairly large group.
The explanations to the two issues were contained in a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood
The approval was the outcome of a Memorandum for the setting up of a Road Trust Fund presented by the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, to the council at its meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari
Misau leveled the allegation against Hajia Buhari that the IGP gave her two Prado Jeeps during the sitting of a Senate Committee probing his face-off with Idris and the Police Service Commission on Wednesday
The online newspaper quoted the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, as disclosing this on Thursday during a consultative meeting on assets recovery in Abuja
A statement by Malam Mohammed Abdullahi, the Secretary to the State Government, issued to newsmen in Lafia on Thursday, also said the government would investigate activities at the institution since 2014
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the meeting which was shifted from Wednesday, started at about 11am
I know the pension matter so well. I and Danlami Nmodu of www.newsdiaryonline.com met working on the pension scandal. Ironically, both of us graduated from the University of Ilorin. He worked in Tell Magazine while I was in TheNews Magazine
This was revealed on Wednesday by the EFCC when the refund was being handed over to the church
The governor made the announcement in a broadcast on Wednesday
Misau, who appeared before the Senate Adhoc Committee investigating allegations levelled against Idris, informed the panel that Hajia Buhari made the request for the cars through her Aide de Camp
Garba Shehu, who is the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this in Abuja on Wednesday.
The G-Wagon is said to be worth N44 million
The senators made this known during the consideration of the report of the Senator Adeola Olamilekan-led Ad-hoc Committee
The family disclosed this during a press conference in Kaduna on Wednesday
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, made this known in a statement on Wednesday
The spokesman of the family, Aliyu Maina, said based on his “sterling record” at the scheme, the government of Buhari appealed to Maina to key into the “change agenda”.
This brings to four the number of Davido’s friends who have died in October