Tag: Ahmed Zainab
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Just In: 34 days to go, Buhari Administration suspends fuel subsidy removal plan
Barely 34 days to the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s to administration, National Economic Council, NEC, has suspended the planned removal of subsidy on petroleum products by the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end…
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FG seeks $1.2 billion agriculture loan
The Federal Government is seeking the approval of $1.2 billion loan from the National Assembly to address issues in the agriculture value chain, finance minister Zainab Ahmed said on Tuesday in Abuja at the ministry’s budget defence. Ahmed told the House of Representative Committee on Finance that the loan would be sourced from the Brazilian…
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Adesina: Nigeria’s Finance Minister writes AfDB board chair, rejects US ‘independent’ probe demands
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed has urged the board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) to ignore calls for an independent investigation of the bank’s president, Akinwumi Adesina by the United States. Recall that the embattled president, Adesina was accused of favouritism but was subsequently absolved of the allegations by…