Members of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council are meeting with President MUHAMMADU BUHARI. The meeting is being done through online video conferencing site, with President BUHARI presiding from the State House in Abuja. Other top officials who joined the President for the meeting at the State House include the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, ZAINAB…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria not to provide foreign exchange for the importation of food and fertilizers. President BUHARI gave the order as the Federal Government rolls out its Economic Sustainability Plan, which aims to strengthen food security in Nigeria. He gave the directive during a meeting of the National Food Security…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has unveiled what he calls Nigeria’s Agenda 2050. President BUHARI has also inaugurated a National Steering Committee to bring the agenda to reality. The committee is jointly chaired by renowned banker ATEDO PETERSIDE and the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, ZAINAB AHMED. The job of the committee is to come up with…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has directed the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federal to revive a central unit to coordinate the activities of his government. The Coordinating Unit is to ensure that all government offices and establishments remain focused and work as a team in delivering results to Nigerians. In a message at the…
The 2020 Ministerial Retreat has opened at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, in the absence of President MUHAMMADU BUHARI. The President left Abuja today for Niger Republic to attend the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. However; President BUHARI left a message for the participants, in which he revealed that…
The Federal Government has outlined plans to support up to one point seven million Nigerians who are most vulnerable to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. These include the protection of up to three thousand jobs in one hundred thousand vulnerable Medium and Small Scale Enterprises. The targeted MSMEs are forty-five percent businesses owned by women, and…