Economy: The blind leading the blind
A seemingly responsible fiscal plan will become unimplementable, in the modern era, if the underlying monetary indices are out of sync with budget projections. Conversely, the stubborn sustenance of appropriate monetary benchmarks for inflation, cost of funds and exchange rate may still rescue the performance of an otherwise bad budget.
UNITY SCHOOLS: PTA rejects 300% increase in fees
Abuja—National Parents and Teachers Association of Federal Government Colleges, NAPTAFEGC, weekend, rejected the over 300 per cent increase in school fees of unity schools across the country.
UUTH NARD alleges management’s insensitivity over salaries
Uyo—National Association of Resident Doctors, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, UUTH, has expressed disappointment with the hospital’s management for refusing to pay members’ full salaries.
Govt. should allow more companies take up agric insurance
The federal government should as a matter of urgency liberalise the agricultural insurance space to allow more companies undertake agric insurance. Dr. Adelaja Adesina, Managing Consultant, Bdellium Consult Ltd who made this assertion, said that if 60 per cent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product is from agriculture, why limit the business to only three or four insurance companies?
NEPC tasks local exporters to tap into $365bn global animal trade
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has tasked local exporters in a bid to tap into global animal trade valued at $635 billion.
LAPO chairman makes case for less privileged, harps on social justice
The Chairman, Lapo Microfinance Bank, Dr. Osarenren Emokpae, has advocated the need to extend help to the less privileged for social justice even as he frowns at the rise in poverty level in the country. Emokpae doubles as an entrepreneur who is into consulting, Advertising, Private Security, Logistics, Courier, Export, Trading, Conference/Event Centre, among others with about 4000 staff in his employ.
