The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Saturday met with the leadership of the National Assembly to intimate it with an Executive proposal to establish a N500 billion COVID-19 Crisis Intervention Fund.
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The President had in a nationwide broadcast announced a complete lockdown, beginning from 11pm on Monday (today) in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and Lagos and Ogun States
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the reduction in the size of the 2020 budget by about N1.5 trillion.
Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, has inaugurated a 17-member National Steering Committee for the States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability Programme-For-Results.
The Federal Government has so far released N285 billion to some agencies for capital projects captured in the 2020 budget and another $220 million as counterpart fund for railway projects in the country.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday constituted a committee to assess the impact of the Corona virus outbreak on Nigeria’s economy with a view to cut down the size of the 2020 budget and reduce the $57 oil benchmark.
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday flayed the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, over failure to release the sum of N620 million to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control to combat outbreak of Coronavirus.
The claimant is also seeking N500 million as general damages against the defendants for the emotional and psychological trauma he allegedly suffered as a result of his removal from office
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, on Monday in Lagos called on states to consider Internally Generated Revenue as a critical instrument of funding.
President Muhammadu Buhari had proposed to the National Assembly a loan request of $29.8 billion
Ahmed stated this in Lagos at the Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie second private equity summit, with the theme: “Drivers, Disruptors and Unlocking Value.”
The Auditor General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, had earlier in the week said the implementation of the VAT increase had commenced.
Mohammed was paraded by the spokesman of the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, on Friday.
The Federal Government says it is studying the situation on change of West African Economic and Monetary Union currency, Eco, to be used as ECOWAS single currency.
Ahmed gave the assurance while answering questions from stakeholders during the highlights and breakdown of the approved 2020 budget in Abuja on Thursday.
Ahmed made this known at the Highlights and Breakdown of the assented 2020 budget in Abuja on Thursday.
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, gave the commendation during an inspection of the Dangote Refinery, Petrochemicals, Fertilizer Projects and the Deep-water Jetty at the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos.
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the development of a portal for the management of import duty exemptions and vehicle identification numbers.
In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1447/2019 filed last week at the Federal High Court, Abuja, SERAP is seeking “an order for leave to apply for judicial review and an order of mandamus to direct and/or compel the Minister of Finance to disclose the details of local companies and Chinese contractors that have received funds from the $460 million loan for the finance of the failed Abuja CCTV project as well as details of the status of implementation of the project.”
This was disclosed by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.