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    Economy: Nigeria Skirting The Circle

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow How I wished Tayo Akpata, Sam G. Ikoku, Bola Ige, Erhunse Bankole Akpata, Tunji Otegbeye and other departed Nigerian thinkers were alive today to see how the cooks of neo-colonial politics have spoilt the broth. I do not envy Allison, Ayida, Phillip Asiodu, […] More

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    Austerity: Stop Wastage, Corruption

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Comrade Abdulbaqi Aliyu Jari – Internet Constituency. Nigeria recently updated its economic database and proclaimed itself the largest economy in Africa. Nigeria has GDP of over $326 billion. Nigeria, the 26th largest economy in the world, has over $40 billion in its excess […] More

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    FG To Raise N480bn From Luxury Tax

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Federal Government is set to raise additional revenue of N480bn within the next three years from the implementation of the tax on luxury goods and other austerity measures recently announced by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance. The minister had on November 16 […] More

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    The Oil Price Burden

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow There is anxiety about the falling price of crude oil as dwindling revenue threatens economic and social development, raising concerns over the overall health of the Nigerian economy Nigeria is groaning under falling oil price and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, finance minister and coordinating minister […] More

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    FG to collaborate with AfDB to Develop Abia

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The federal government has expressed readiness to partner with the Abia State government through collaboration with the African Development Bank, AfDB to develop the state. Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, revealed this when she led the […] More

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    FG to Boost Housing Sector

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance has announced plans by the Federal government of Nigeria to boost the housing sector of the country. She said this while delivering a paper at the 12th convocation ceremony of the Babcock University, Ogun State on Sunday. […] More

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    OKONJO-IWEALA HONOURED WITH ROCKEFELLER AWARD

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister for the economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was on April 8, honored with the David Rockefeller Bridging Award alongside Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever and Simao Jatene, Governor of the state of Para, Brazil in New York, US. […] More