Tag: Ministry of Finance
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Just in: Retired military men barricade Finance Ministry
Barely one month after, retired military personnel again on Tuesday barricaded the entrance to the Ministry of Finance in Abuja with canopies and chairs, demanding the full payment of their long-overdue entitlements. This protest follows a similar action in December, during which the retirees shut down the ministry over the government’s failure to settle their…
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BREAKING: Federal pensioners block Finance Ministry over unpaid accumulated stipends
Federal government pensioners have staged a protest, blocking access to the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja over delays in their accrued pension rights. The protest, led by Comrade Sylva Nwaiwu, National Chairman of the National Union of Contributory Pensioners, demands the immediate release of their entitlements. Accrued rights represent pension benefits earned under the…
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Reps committee demands explanation from Ministry of Finance over funding without due process
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Assets has queried the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) for taking money from the budget for its operation without following due process. Chairman of the Committee, Ademorin Kuye, queried the agency as its Managing Director, Dr Armstrong Takang, appeared before it to give an account of their activities.…
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Minister of Finance suspends Accountant-General of the Federation
The embattled Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris has been suspended indefinitely over financial misappropriation. Idris was suspended by the Minister of Finance, budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Wednesday. His suspension followed his indictment for fraud worth N80 billion by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
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Fire incident: What actually happened – Ministry of Finance
The Federal Ministry of Finance has addressed the fire incident that occurred at its headquarters located in the Central Business District of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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UPDATE: We have put out fire at Ministry of Finance – Fire Service
The Federal Fire Service has confirmed putting out the Wednesday early morning fire that engulfed the Federal Ministry of Finance, located in the Central Business District of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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BREAKING: Early morning fire rages at Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja
An early morning fire on Wednesday razed parts of a building at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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Fayose storms finance ministry, demands release of N1.1bn January allocation
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State on Wednesday stormed the Ministry of Finance in Abuja to press home his demand of the state’s N1.1bn budget support facility for the month of January. The governor on getting to the ministry requested to see the Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun but was told that she was at the…
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Ogun Ministry of Finance earmarks N4.1bn expenditure in 2017
The Commissioner for Finance in Ogun State, Mr Wale Oshinowo, on Tuesday said that the ministry had proposed the sum of N4.1billion as its total expenditure in 2017. Oshinowo made this known while defending the 2017 budget proposal of the ministry before the Ogun House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation at the assembly…