Tag: Finance Ministry
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Just in: Military pensioners seal Finance Ministry in Abuja
The Coalition of Military Pensioners have taken to the streets to protest outside the Federal Ministry of Finance, effectively shutting down operations at the ministry on Thursday morning. The protest is in response to the non-payment of the 20% to 28% salary increment owed to retired military personnel for the period spanning January to November…
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SERAP sues Buhari, others over ‘missing N3.1bn in Finance Ministry’
SERAP sues Buhari over missing N3.1bn
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Gunmen waylay Nasarawa Finance Ministry officials, cart away millions
Gunmen on Thursday carted away an undisclosed amount of money from the Nasarawa State Ministry of Finance, budget and planning. The gunmen were said to have trailed two staff from the bank to the Ministry in Lafia and seized the money at gunmen point after shooting sporadically in the air. The State Commissioner of Finance,…
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JUST IN: Reps halt take off of 774,000 jobs, tell Finance Ministry not to release funds
The House of Representatives on Tuesday asked the Federal government to halt the take-off of the 774,000 special works programme now scheduled to commence in January 2021. The House also asked the Ministry of Finance not to release the funds meant for the programme until some issues that affects the integrity of the programme are…
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CBN, Finance Ministry Absent As Reps Probe Abandoned NIPOST Projects
From Jonas Ike, Abuja The Central Bank of Nigeria CBN and the Federal Ministry of Finance two critical stakeholders were absent on Thursday as the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Abandoned Projects on Communications began public hearing on the matter at the National Assembly. However, the Nigeria Postal Service NIPOST, National Information Technology Development…
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N800bn Subsidy Debt: DMO, finance ministry move to avert fuel crisis
The federal government has begun moves to dialogue with oil marketers over debts owed them, to avert a fuel crisis in the forthcoming festive season. The moves came amid reports that some of the marketers have dissociated themselves from last Sunday’s ultimatum for the payment of the outstanding fuel subsidy debt. According to a report…
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How NNPC, Finance Minister withdrew $3.12b from NLNG account – CBN
Twenty-two withdrawals totalling $3.12 billion were made from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) dividends account domiciled in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in the last three years. This is according to documents submitted to the Senate Committee on Gas Resources by the CBN in Abuja on Thursday. Chairman of the committee, Bassey Akpan,…
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Finance Ministry, OAGF Comply with Fiscal Responsibility Act – Adeosun
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Sunday said that her ministry (Finance), as well as the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), has always complied with the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA). Adeosun, who said this in a statement in reaction to a report by an online news platform, described as…
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JUST IN: Pensioners protest non-payment of arrears in finance ministry
There was pandemonium on Wednesday at the Ministry of Finance as retired civil servants on Wednesday stormed the ministry to protest the non-payment of their accumulated pensions. The workers numbering about 100 carried placards with various inscriptions demanding explanations from ministry officials on why the backlogs of their pensions have not been paid. The demonstration…