Tag: FG
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FG to toll more roads – Umahi
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, said on Saturday that more federal roads would be tolled to ensure effective infrastructure maintenance.
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FG denies scrapping JSS, SSS education model
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has debunked the misleading reports suggesting that the Federal Government has scrapped Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary School (SSS). This is contained in a statement made available by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Folasade Boriowo, on Friday in Abuja.
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FG pays N3.41bn to contractors for unexecuted projects – Report
In a new report by Tracka, BudgIT’s service delivery monitoring platform, a staggering N3.41 billion was disbursed for 56 federal government projects in 2023 without a contractor beginning work on the sites. The report raised concerns about how project abandonment or fraudulent execution, poor oversight, and lack of
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How ICPC recovered N20bn ghost workers’ pension deductions
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it recovered over N20 billion in pension deductions from the salaries of ghost workers in 2024.
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PETROAN reacts as FG bans exportation of crude oil allocated to refineries
The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has commended the Federal Government for placing a ban on the exportation of crude oil allocated to local refineries.
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Cars to pay N500; SUVs, N800; buses, N1600 as FG begins tolling of Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga-Makurdi highway
The Federal Government on Tuesday began the tolling of the 227.2km Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga-Lafia-Makurdi Highway with the inauguration of the Garaku Toll Plaza axis of the road.
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FG launches $124m cholera control initiative
The Federal Government has launched the National Strategic Plan of Action on Cholera Control (NSPACC) 2025-2029, a 124 million dollars initiative aimed at eradicating cholera in Nigeria through a multi-sectoral approach.
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FG insists no plan to hike electricity tariff by 65% but price adjustment
The Federal Government has said it spends N200bn to subsidise electricity monthly. According to the government, this amount benefits the wealthiest 25 per cent of Nigerians rather than those who truly need assistance. The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Energy, Olu Verheijen, stated this in a statement on Monday. Verheijen is reacting to…
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Resident doctors beg FG to pay outstanding training funds
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has appealed to the Federal Government to pay the 2023 and 2024 outstanding Medical Residency Training Funds (MRTF).
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FG reveals when NYSC Corps members will start receiving N77k monthly
The Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, has said corps members will start receiving monthly allowance of N77,000 in February 2025. Ahmed, who disclosed this on Thursday while addressing the 2024 Batch ‘C’ Stream 11 corps members in Katsina, said the allowance has been captured in the 2025 Federal Government’s…