Tag: Infrastructure
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Defence, infrastructure, education top as Tinubu presents N47.9trn 2025 budget
Defence and insecurity , infrastructure, health and education were some of the sectors with high allocations in the N47.9tn Budget Proposal presented by President Bola Tinubu before a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday afternoon. “It is with great pleasure that I lay before this distinguished joint session of the National Assembly, the…
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“We‘ll address infrastructural deficits“ – Shettima assures Nigerians
Vice President Kashim Shettima has assured Nigerians that the administration of President Bola Tinubu will promptly address the infrastructural deficits in the country.
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Nigeria’s minister explains how over N6 trillion was spent on education in seven years
The Nigerian government says it has spent N6.3 trillion to revamp the education sector in the last seven years and has pledged to improve on the implementation of its strategic plans as well as create the necessary environment for the sector to thrive, even as public tertiary institutions have remained closed for more than six…
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Govt to deliver 2 infrastructure legacy projects soon -Minister
The Nigerian Government will soon inaugurate two legacy projects as part of its efforts to boost infrastructure in the country. Minister of State for Works and Housing, Mr Mu’azu Sambo, who gave the assurance in an interview with newsmen in New York, listed the two projects as the 11.9km Second Niger Bridge and 120km Lagos-Ibadan…
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Disregard stomach infrastructure politicians in Akwa Ibom APC – Umana advises APC national leadership
2015 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Umanah Okon Umanah has advised the national leadership to restore the Augustine Ekanem led leadership of the party he insists was validly elected. Umanah who is presently the Managing Director of the Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority lamented that those he described as food…
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Plateau PDP takes swipe at Gov Lalong over alleged non performance
The Plateau chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has slammed Governor Simon Lalong over poor performance in infrastructural development of the State.
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Why we prioritise infrastructure development – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration has embarked on prioritising the construction of projects to ameliorate hardship across the country. The President said this on Tuesday at the State House when he hosted a delegation from Kaduna State led by the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Ahmed Bamalli, and Kaduna State Deputy Governor, Hadiza Balarabe. He…
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Rivers Govt. to access N15bn CBN Infrastructure fund
The Rivers state Executive Council, on Wednesday, gave its approval for the state government to access N15 billion facility from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) Infrastructure Fund, to enable the state complete three critical projects.
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Education, infrastructure get highest allocation as Sanwo-Olu presents N1.39trn budget to Lagos Assembly
The Lagos State government has earmarked huge capital expenditure in the 2022 fiscal year to service key growth areas to consolidate the recovery of the
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Borrowing to expand infrastructure in Nigeria not a sin – Buhari’s minister
The Minister Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has defended the Federal Government’s resort to loans to expand infrastructure in the country. Fashola, who spoke in Abuja at NANForum, the flagship interview programme of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that the country would not make meaningful progress without taking loans to boost infrastructure. ”…