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Nigeria: Revenue Crisis - Tough Measures Inevitable - Govt
Daily Trust, 24 October 2019
Additional tough economic measures will be taken to generate more revenues to fund the 2020 budget, the Federal Government said yesterday. Read more »
Despite Rising Debt, Minister Says Nigeria Not in 'Debt Crisis'
Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, has said that in spite of Nigeria's huge external and domestic debt stock, Nigeria does not have a debt crisis, but rather has a revenue generation challenge.
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Nigeria: Despite Rising Debt, Minister Says Nigeria Not in 'Debt Crisis'
Premium Times, 23 October 2019
The Minister of Finance and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said Nigeria is not in any debt crisis as being speculated in 'some quarters'. Read more »
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Nigeria: 2019 Federal Budget Performance Stands At 58% - Ahmed
This Day, 24 October 2019
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, Wednesday assessed the 2019 federal budget, saying as at June, it had achieved 58 percent performance. Read more »
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Nigeria: Don't Take $3 Million World Bank Loan, Analysts Tell Buhari
Vanguard, 23 October 2019
The Association for Public Policy Analysis, APPA, has challenged the Federal Government to make public, the details of revenue generated from the electricity supply by the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Malami Cries Out Nigeria's Judgement Debts Risen to N150bn
Vanguard, 24 October 2019
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN has raised the alarm Nigeria was currently in judgement debt of a whopping sum of N150 billion. Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Apologised for Wrong Reason in His Budget Speech
Vanguard, 24 October 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari is reputedly too obdurate to apologise. But he recently did. Well, except that it was for the wrong reason! Presenting his 2020 Budget to the National… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Loses About $15bn to Tax Evasion Annually - Fowler
Vanguard, 23 October 2019
The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler said on Wednesday Nigeria loses about $15 billion to tax evasion annually. Read more »
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Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, says that the government has acquired a new loan of U.S.$3 billion from the World Bank to address transmission and distribution challenges in the ... Read more »
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At least U.S.$81.27 billion is the state of Nigeria's current debt, with opposition Peoples Democratic Party leader Atiku Abubakar calling for an urgent redress of the situation ... Read more »
