Some officials of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P, and the Federal Task Force under the management of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA, have accused an unnamed Lagos State coordinator of the programme of owing them three years salary arrears. The affected officials speaking during a protest yesterday at the office of the…
‘Ignore Federal Task Force’ – Fashola
Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State Governor, yesterday, urged residents of the state to resist any attempt by persons in black uniforms, known as Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme and Federal Road Maintenance Agency, SURE-P/FERMA taskforce officials to manage traffic on 117 federal roads in the state describing their operation as illegal. The taskforce officials dislodged officers…
Endless Wait for 2014 Budget
Threats to block executive bills, including the 2014 budget, by members of the opposition All Progressives Congress in the National Assembly may further worsen the economy A recent report by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, NBS, estimates that 54 per cent of Nigerian youths are currently unemployed, while the rate of unemployment keeps rising, from…