Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed says Nigeria is not maximally utilising donor funds to deliver planned projects for sustained growth and national development. She spoke at the retreat for members of the National Assembly organised by the...
Finance Zainab Ahmed, says the interest of Nigerians in the whistleblower policy is “nosediving”. Ahmed spoke on Thursday at the zonal conference on whistleblower policy in Nigeria for the South-West zone, held in Lagos. The minister was...
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said on Tuesday that Federal Government would spend N1.42 trillion on infrastructure and N2.11 trillion on human capital development in 2022, said on Tuesday. According to her,...
Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, budget and national planning, has explained how the e-Customs project was delayed due to breaches on the part of Adani Mega Systems Limited and litigation filed by the company. The...
The Federal Government has committed, through the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing (FMWH), a total sum of N362.557 billion from 2017 to date to the funding of key road projects through Sukuk, according to...
Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed says the federal government’s electricity deal with Siemens was on course, promising that the first phase of the programme under the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) would increase power supply to about...
Nigeria has pledged to pay the full capital arrears of US$28.7 million in Shelter Afrique. Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, made the pledge during a meeting with Shelter Afrique Group Managing Director and CEO, Andrew Chimphondah,...
Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, says there are no plans to sack government workers. She spoke on NTA’s ‘Good Morning Nigeria’ programme. Ahmed refuted speculations that the government was planning to lay off workers to save...
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has kicked against the introduction of excise duty on all non-alcoholic, carbonated and sweetened beverages. Segun Ajayi-Kadir, MAN director-general, said this on Wednesday while speaking with journalists in Lagos. Earlier on...
Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed says federal government independent revenue surpassed the N1 trillion mark for the first time Independent revenue is a stream of income received without directly exchanging labour-power for it. These include interest on...