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The minister made the call on Saturday in Kaduna during a stakeholders’ engagement with 77 district heads, religious and community leaders from the 23 Local Government Areas of Kaduna State.

The rule for decision making is however very clear going by interactions with officials. Priority is to be accorded revenue generating agencies in term of deepening revenue generation capacity, expanding opportunities for revenue generation and blocking loopholes and leakages in revenue collection. A delicate balance is to be maintained between revenue generating and other agencies with mere spending responsibilities.

Gwarzo, who was suspended from office in November 2017 over alleged financial misappropriation, is seeking the court to determine some issues pertaining to the minister’s action.

She said this during a news conference on Friday in Abuja, adding that the impact was because markets change and the cost of money in the market changes too.

Speaking to newsmen on the sideline of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meetings at the ongoing 2018 IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington DC, Adeosun said Nigeria had nothing to worry about.

The Senate decision was sequel to a point of order raised by Senator Samuel Anyanwu, who came under Order 43, making reference to sections 80, 2 and 3 of the Constitution.

The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, said this in Abuja, while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the monthly FAAC meeting.

Gates said this on Thursday in Abuja when he led a delegation from the Foundation to meet with the Minister of Finance on vaccines financing programme in Nigeria.

This brings the aggregate savings by the Government on personnel cost since 2007 to date to N288 billion. 

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Procurement on Thursday, summoned the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, over alleged payment…

Dr Okonjo-Iweala, who doubles as the Coordinator of the Economy, was billed to brief the committee on the state of the economy shortly after laying the 2014 budget before the two chambers of the National Assembly on Thursday

Reading the communique of the meeting, Amaechi, who was flanked by other members, said: “Members expressed concern in the management of the economy by the Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy and called for a strict adherence to the Appropriation Act, 2013, failing which she should resign