FG to tap 2bn euros from 2021 bond ― Finance Minister
By Emma Ujah, with agency reports The federal government plans to tap 2 billion euros this month or next of the money it raised in a eurobond sale last year. Reuters reported the Finister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, as disclosing this at the Arab-African Conference in Cairo, Egypt, yesterday. She […]
OOU to honour Finance Minister as 10,258 graduate
The Minister of Finance, Hajjiya Zainab Ahmed, the Olujimi of Ilaro, who is also the Paramount Ruler of Yewaland, Oba Kehinde Olugbenle and retired Major General Sansadeen Awosanya are to be given honorary degrees, as the Olabisi Onabanjo Univeristy, Ago Iwoye graduate 10,258 students during its combined 28tj and 29th convocation ceremony.
FG to back budgets with finance bills henceforth — Finance Minister
The Federal Government has reiterated plans to henceforth back annual budgets with finance bills, according to the Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed.
Some public debts yet to be captured — Finance Minister, Ahmed
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on Thursday, said there were debts owed by states and government enterprises that had not been captured. Ahmed made this known during a panel discussion on Debt Transparency at the ongoing World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings in Washington, United States. This revelation is coming two […]
Commonwealth Finance ministers to discuss joint action to prevent future debt crises
Commonwealth finance ministers will meet in Washington D.C. on 17 October 2019 to discuss coordinated interventions to prevent future debt crises. The meeting will be chaired by the Finance Minister of Cyprus, Harris Georgiades, under the theme ‘Preventing Debt Crises: The Roles of Creditors and Debtors’. It will be preceded by sessions for senior finance […]
Subsidy removal: We’re yet to find formula that works ― Finance Minister
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru MINISTER of Finance, Hajia Zainab Ahmed, on Wednesday said that Nigeria has not found a formula that works, hence, it would not contemplate exiting from the subsidy regime. The Minister stated this when she briefed State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the […]
