A former Vice-President (Africa) of World Bank, Oby Ezekwesili, has advised the Federal Government to suspend its plan to raise 2.8 billion dollars in Eurobond to fund the 2018 budget.
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Emefiele told newsmen on Sunday that this was part of the outcome of the Nigerian delegation’s meetings with investors and institutions at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group Annual Meetings in Bali.
The Managing Director of IMF, Christine Lagarde, gave the advice on Thursday at a news conference on some of the key issues affecting the global economies.
The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed and the Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele, will join other economic experts from around the world to discuss issues affecting the global economy.
Ahmed made the remark on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria at the All Progressive Congress National Presidential Convention in Abuja.
The minister said this in a statement by the Head, Communication and Public Affairs of the NDIC, Mohammed Ibrahim, on Friday in Abuja.
The Federal Government has promised to persecute all those found to be responsible for the failure of the now defunct Skye Bank.
Ahmed, during a visit to the Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters on Friday in Abuja, stressed the importance of improving revenue generation to enable Nigeria to achieve its economic objectives.
Osinbajo made this known while chairing a meeting of the National Economic Council, Steering Committee on Human Capital Development on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Ologbondiyan said further in the statement: “Perhaps Mr. President needs to be reminded that his new minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed had last month alerted that the nation was facing serious revenue challenges under him
The Federal Government has released N22.68 billion to settle part of the retirement benefits of former workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways.
Less than a month after it commenced its substitution of accounts of recalcitrant billionaire taxpayers, the Federal Inland Revenue Service has collected N12.66 billion in tax revenue.
It’s not yet clear what finally did it or who. But it was clear, almost from the start, that the country could not bluff its way through this flight.
Udoma said, at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, the Federal Government was working hard to increase the rate of Nigeria’s economic growth to meet the needs of the rising population.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Dr Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, and other directors of the Ministry, on Monday received the Supervising Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed in Abuja.
The appointment was announced by President Muhammadu Buhari Friday after accepting the resignation of Kemi Adeosun as Minister of Finance.
The minister disclosed this on Monday in Gusau at a special town hall meeting on Federal Government measures to curb killings through cattle rustling in Zamfara.
Ahmed spoke with State House correspondents shortly after the inaugural meeting of the National Council on Nutrition chaired by Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday.
The bank’s Vice President for African Region, Hafez Ghanem, said this in a statement issued by James Akpandem, Special Adviser to the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, in Abuja
The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to further improve the wellbeing of the Nigerian child by increasing the Children Protection Systems in Nigeria