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Forex Constraints Hindering Potable Water Provision – FG

The fall in the value of the naira against the United States dollar is impacting negatively on Nigeria’s water sector, as the Federal Government on Tuesday declared that the development had made it practically difficult for the different arms...

Unemployment rises, Govt fails to Create One million Jobs in 2016

• 1.61m struggle to fill 10,500 vacancies • Senate seeks emergency declaration on joblessness • Summons labour, productivity minister As the number of the unemployed in the country continues to rise due to downsizing in the productive and services’ sectors, the Federal...

Govt shuns N144b Satellite, Shops for Two New Ones

With over N144 billion ($362 million) spent on its building and more on the construction of ground station infrastructure, the country’s communications satellite is still idle in the ongoing switchover from analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) broadcasting. The reason:...

How MDAs defrauded FG of N1trn – Fiscal Commission

The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) opened the Pandora’s Box on the activities of some Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs). It accused the MDAS of pro­ducing two different accounting statements in order to manipu­late their operating surplus and losses. In the last...

Nigeria’s Exports to Japan drops by 70%

Exports from Nigeria to Japan in the first six months of the year decreased by 70.1percent due to foreign exchange crisis and the lower price of natural gas, Taku Miyazaki, Trade Commissioner and Managing Director of Japan External Trade...

FG Launches N510bn Expanded Water Supply

The federal government, yesterday ,launched the Partnership for Expanded Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (PEWASH) set to cost about N510 billion. The Minister for Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu stated this in the Partnership for Expanded Water Supply, Sanitation and...
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