‘Why we reawarded airport project for N20bn’
Mr.Bassey Albert Akpan doubles as the Akwa Ibom State commissioner for finance and chairman Inter-Ministerial Direct Labour Committee. He was the vice chairman of First City Monument Bank before his present office. In this interview he explains the mega projects of the administration and his confidence on the target dates for their inauguration. Excerpts
Manufacturers Protest High Gas Price
Fresh energy crisis is pummelling the industrial sector as manufacturers who use natural gas have shut down their production to protest new gas price being slammed on them by local gas companies.
Nipping it in the bud
Members of the organized private sectors already catching cold as a result of the CSR Commission Bill currently before the National Assembly have commenced efforts to stop it before it is passed, Franklin Alli reports
A shot in the Foot
Attempt by insurance companies to actively participate in the nation’s oil and gas business is being short-circuited as some members now work towards the dissolution of the association formed to actualize the idea, Patience Saghana reports
Football Beckons but the Pen is Stronger
The current built of Dan Esiekpe, Group Managing Director/CEO of IMS Limited, hardly says anything about this once agile footballer whose love for the round leather game dictated the schools he attended in his growing up years.
Banks and Money Laundering (1)
This week’s article, “Banks and Money Launderingâ€, exposes the conscious complicity of our banks in the unpatriotic and economically destructive and possibly criminal involvement in money laundering.
