Tag: Nigeria Governors Forum
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Nigeria Governors’ Forum mourn statesmen, Adebanjo, Clark
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has condoled with the families of two prominent Nigerians and elder statesmen, Pa Ayo Adebanjo and Chief Edwin Clark, who recently passed on. The forum, in a statement signed in Ilorin on Tuesday by the Chief Press Secretary to
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Governors hold emergency meeting over minimum wage
Governors of the 36 states of Nigeria have fixed an emergency meeting for today, Wednesday, over the proposed new minimum wage. This comes after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Tuesday stepped down the memo on minimum wage. The 36 governors had earlier rejected the proposed N62,000 by the federal government, stating that some states…
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Nigeria’s energy transition to gain momentum in 2024
The Deputy British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Gill Atkinson, has stressed the need for State governments to promote and expand Renewable Integration, both on and off the grid. A roundtable meeting organized by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and the British High Commission, with the theme “Electricity Act 2023: Implications and Opportunities for State Electricity…
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Explainer: Understanding the $418 Paris club refund controversy
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Monday denied claims that it reached an agreement with the federal government, over the controversial $418 Paris club refund payment to six consultants. The consultants and their claims are Ned Munir Nwoko ($68.7 million); Dr Ted Isighohi Edwards ($159 million); Panic Alert Security Systems Limited ($47.8 million); Riok Nigerian…
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Money owed to Paris Club consultants was $68m and not $418m in public space- Nwoko tells NGF
The Lead Consultant of Linas International Limited, the consultants for the recovery of over deductions from Paris and London clubs debt buy back funds, Prince Ned Nwoko, has revealed that the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) requested and received the sum of $100 million, and money owed to the consultants was $68 million and not $418…
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Beware! Killer rice now flood Nigerian markets – Governors’ Forum
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has alerted Nigerians to be mindful of their consumption of imported rice as some them (the rice) now contains poisonous substances that are dangerous to human health. The governors, while describing the rice as substandard and harmful, called on the Nigeria Customs Service to take urgent measures to curb the…