We Have Been Captured In Every Budget Since 2019 Never Been Paid, 2018 NASS 221 Recruits Allege

The National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) has been urged to address the demands of 221 National Assembly (NASS) staff recruited in 2018 who have allegedly been captured in every budget since 2019 but has never been paid. The 221 individuals demanded for the documentation and assumption of duties as legally employed staff by the commission…

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Ajaokuta Steel Coy Needs Special Funding For Reactivation- Sen. Al-Makura

Sen. Tanko Al-Makura, Chairman, Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Mine, Steel Development and Metallurgy, has called for special funding towards reactivating the Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi. He stated this on Thursday while presenting the 2022 budget report of his committee to the Senate Appropriation Committee. Al-Makura (APC-Nasarawa) stressed the importance of the solid minerals…

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ICT Generates N8.13tn To Nigeria’s GDP In Nine Months

Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) sector has contributed N8.13tillion to real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the nine months to September 2021. According to data collated from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS’) reports the sector is composed of the four activities of telecommunications and information services; publishing; motion picture, sound recording and music production;…

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Petroleum Subsidy Removal, N5000 Grant For Vulnerable Nigerians: Senate Reacts; NLC, TUC, Experts Kick Against Move

The Senate, Trade Union Congress, Nigeria Labour Congress have disagreed with the Federal Government’s plan to remove fuel subsidy next year and replace it with a N5,000 monthly transport grant to 40 million Nigerians. While the Senate said there was no provision for such grant in the 2022 budget, TUC expressed shock that government could…

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FG Develops Risk Mapping Assessment Tool To Reduce Disasters

The Federal Government has produced a Risk Mapping and Assessment tool as part of national strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Faruq, has said. She spoke on Wednesday in Abuja during the monthly seminar organised by the Bureau of Public Reforms, with the theme “Humanitarian…

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