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W/Bank projects Nigeria’s growth to strengthen by 2.5% in 2022

As the global economy enters a pronounced slowdown amid fresh threats from COVID-19 variants and others, Nigeria’s growth is projected to strengthen to 2.5 per cent in 2022 and 2.8 per cent in 2023. The World Bank said this in Washington at the presentation of its January 2022 Global Economic Prospects report. According to it, Read More…

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Govt promises simpler regulations to improve ease of doing business

Dr Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment (FMITI) says the nation will soon have better, simpler regulations for business and stronger protection of property rights. Sani-Gwarzo said this was to ensure ease of doing business in the country. He gave the assurance at a Sensitisation Workshop on Improvement of Business Read More…

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FG receives 38,000 applications for N75bn MSME survival funds

Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs Mariam Katagum, says government had received 38,000 applications for the N75 billion Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) survival funds. Katagum made this known in her opening remarks at a Business Advocacy Roundtable webinar by the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) on Tuesday. According to her, the applications were Read More…

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Nigeria’s economy shrinks 6% in Q2 on oil crash, pandemic double whammy

Nigeria imposed lockdowns in Lagos and Abuja in Q2 Oil sector contracted by 6.63% Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy Nigeria’s economy contracted by 6.1% in the second quarter of 2020 from a year earlier, the statistics office said on Monday, with lockdowns in its two main cities and low oil prices taking their toll. The Read More…

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Finance Minister consults NASS leadership on 2021-2023 MTEF/FSP

Minister of Finance, Budget $ National Planning, Zainab Ahmed on Thursday met with the leadership of the National Assembly on plans to submit the 2021 to 2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) later in July. The Minister, while briefing principal officers of the Senate and House of Representatives led by the Read More…

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FG set to develop Agenda 2050, inaugurates Central Working Group

The Federal Government is set to develop the country’s”Agenda 2050 and a Medium-Term National Development Plan (MTNDP) 2021-2025 to coordinate sectoral approaches. The Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mr Clement Agba made this known while inaugurating a Central Working Group (CWG) for the programme on Wednesday in Abuja. This Read More…

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N36.15bn added to Nigerian sovereign wealth fund in 2019

The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) recorded a Total Comprehensive Income (TCI) of N36.15 billion in 2019. Ms Stella Ojekwe-Onyejeli, the Executive Director and Chief Risk Officer at NSIA disclosed this at a virtual briefing (newsmen) on Friday in Abuja. Ojekwe-Onyejeli said the 2019 income was less when compared to the TCI for 2018 which Read More…