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Defence Ministry Shines at Buhari’s Scorecard Series

Haruna Haruspice — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 14:45:29 +0000

Defence Ministry Shines at Buhari’s Scorecard Series By Abdullahi O.Haruna Haruspice It was all success stories and glitz at the President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard series, Monday, 13th February, 2023, when the ministry of Defence led by its minister, Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd) presented the scorecard of Nigeria’s Defence handlings under the president Muhammadu […]

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FG Provides 4,349 Surgeries to Poor Nigerians in 2016

Boade Akinola (mrs.) — Tue, 16 May 2017 14:03:40 +0000

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has announced that the Federal Government has conducted a total number of 4,349 surgeries and 17, 793 health screenings to the poor Nigerians across the country. The Ministry had set a target to deliver 10,150 free surgeries and screenings to help alleviate the sufferings of the poorest Nigerians who […]

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HOS Urges Workers To Key Into N13bn Mortage Scheme

Mohammed Manga — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 12:48:23 +0000

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita has called on the Federal Civil Servants in the country to take advantage of the N13bn Federal Civil Servants Mortgage Loan Refinancing Scheme recently launched by the Federal Government to provide housing for workers. Mrs. Oyo-Ita gave the advice today when she led […]

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Budget Padding: Sanctioned “Padders” are Back to Work in Ministry

Economic Confidential — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 10:52:57 +0000

Budget Padding: President Muhammadu Buhari’s avowed determination to punish culprits who smuggled foreign items into the 2016 budget and who caused both national and international embarrassment are back to work, Economic Confidential can report. Investigation by the Economic Intelligence Magazine indicates that the officials who were sanctioned by their deployment outside Federal Ministry of Finance […]

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Nigeria Now An Investment Friendly Country- Shehuri

Ibrahim Haruna — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 15:38:16 +0000

.. Says FG will provides opportunities for would- be investors in the power sector The Minister of state for Power, Hon. Mustapha Baba Shehuri has stated that with the present Administration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to improving the nation’s power sector through various innovations and initiatives, Nigeria is now an investment friendly nation in […]

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Buhari’s 1 Year: States, LGs Gulp N2.8tr from Federation Account

Prnigeria — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 11:47:50 +0000

A new report has disclosed that the 36 states and the 774 local government councils in Nigeria shared a total sum of N2.8 trillion from the Federation Account in the one year of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

An exclusive report by the Economic Confidential, an intelligence economic magazine, disclosed that the total figure was payment made to the two tiers of government between June 2015 and May 2016 at the monthly meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC)..

In the report, Lagos state is ranked first as the highest recipient of gross allocation with a total sum of N178bn in the twelve months. It is followed by Akwa State N173bn, Delta State N144bn and Kano State N117bn. The five states cornered a quarter (25%) of the total allocation for the States and local government councils in Nigeria within the one year period.

Among the 10 highest recipients from the Federation Account are Bayelsa State which got N95bn; followed by Katsina State N88bn, Oyo State N84bn, Kaduna State N83bn and Borno State N78bn.

The lowest recipients are Gombe and Ebonyi States that got N49bn each followed by Ekiti and Nasarawa States N50bn each and Kwara N52bn.

The report further disclosed that Edo and Ondo which are oil-producing states got N66bn and N71bn respectively while another state in the South-South, Cross River State merely received N59bn.

The Economic Confidential gathered that factors that influence allocation to states and local government councils from the Federation Account include: Population, Derivation, Landmass, Terrain, Revenue Effort, School Enrollments, Health Facilities, Water Supply and Equality of the beneficiaries.

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