The former Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has said the public debts remain sustainable as the country has adequate capacity to repay its debts. While speaking at her valedictory ceremony in Abuja, Ahmed said, “Despite…
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, said the ministry under her watch implemented notable reforms to support economic recovery and resilience in the country. Ahmed, at a send-forth ceremony organised in her honour on Saturday…
By Matthew Denis The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr. (Mrs.) Zainab Ahmed has said that the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) is consistent in remitting its 80 per cent operating surplus to the Consolidated revenue fund (CRF)…
The Federal Government has stated that about N350 trillion would be needed to secure Nigeria’s future in line with the National Development Plan (2021-2025). According to the government, the NDP would ease constraints hindering the economy from attaining its full…
Dr Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget And National Planning, on Monday charged insurers across West Africa to strategise on repositioning the insurance industry in the continent for global competitiveness. Zainab said this at the 50th Anniversary of the West…
…Says removal requires more preparatory work In order to avoid another strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC), the Federal Government yesterday announced that it has suspended fuel subsidy removal earlier planned for June 2023. Leadership of the NLC…
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has been named in the Commonwealth body for global financial reform. Nigeria’s Ahmed will co-lead the “Finance Ministers Working Group for a Call for Reform of the Global Financial Architecture”. The…
The Nigeria’s outgoing government has announced the receipt of $800 million (N370.4 billion) grant from the World Bank, expected to be used to provide public transportation and other forms of palliatives to limit the impact of planned petrol subsidy removal.…
The Sports and Youth Development Minister, Sunday Dare and the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed have constituted Technical Committee to work on the specifics of the incentives package approved in the ‘National Sports Industry Policy’. The Policy was passed by…
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed said cost of finance had remained one of the country’s major challenges. Ahmed said this at the on-going 36th African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Friday. The…
