The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, said, yesterday, the petroleum industry was flawed with over-regulation and lacked clarity in its operations and hampering the growth, investment and job creation in the sector.

Major stakeholders in the agricultural sector recently converged in Kano to review critical issues in the sector at the 41st Regular Meeting of the National Council on Agriculture and Rural Development (NCARD) conference. Chairman, Executive Working Group (EWG) of the British American Tobacco Foundation (BATNF), Professor Femi Ajibola, from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, who was there, shared his views with Financial Vanguard on the outcome of the conference and BATNF’s role in agricultural development, among other sundry issues.

The National Union of Air Transport Employees ,NUATE, has revealed that foreign airlines plan to sack about two thousand (2,000) Nigerian workers due to what they claimed is their inability to transfer their earnings to their respective home countries to meet operational costs in accordance with international rules because of new Central Bank of Nigeria , CBN, policy on forex and fund transfer.

Mohamed Salah said yesterday he breathed a sigh of relief when the referee blew the final whistle in the 1-1 draw in Nigeria as he was on his way to one-on-one chance to score because hundreds of home fans were watching the game on the side track around the court.

President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed this at a two-day National Economic Council retreat in Abuja last week. He said the Federal Government will provide 250,000 units, the 22 States controlled by the All Progressives Congress (APC) are expected to jointly provide 250,000 houses while foreign investors and their local partners would provide the remaining 500,000 units.