Monetary

Fed Govt Opens N4.95bn Fund Portal For Transporters

Fed Govt Opens N4.95bn Fund Portal For Transporters       The federal government has opened the application for the N4.95 billion fund for 165,000 transporters under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Survival Fund. While launching the Transport Track of the Survival Fund in Abuja on Monday,...

Over $30bn Oil Sector Projects Still Awaiting Final Investment Decisions

Over $30bn Oil Sector Projects Still Awaiting Final Investment Decisions         Nigeria’s oil and gas industry has continued to record heavy drop in investments for many years and in the last five years the sector has suffered more inactivity as over $30 billion projects are still...

Fed Govt Reviews 26 Water Contracts, Saves N53bn

Fed Govt Reviews 26 Water Contracts, Saves N53bn       The Federal Government on Monday announced that said it saved N53bn after carrying out a review of 26 water project contracts across the country. Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, disclosed this in Abuja at the unveiling of...

N3bn Needed To Resuscitate Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Mill – Senate

N3bn Needed To Resuscitate Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Mill - Senate       The Senate at the weekend revealed that the total sum of N3 billion would be required to resuscitate the Ajaokuta steel rolling mill which has been under construction since 1980. The Chairman of the Senate Committee...

N12.75bn Petroleum Products Lost In Eight Months – NNPC

N12.75bn Petroleum Products Lost In Eight Months – NNPC         The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has put the value of petroleum products lost from January to August this year at N12.75bn. Data obtained from the NNPC showed that N1.71bn worth of petroleum products was lost in January;...

N38bn Budget For Road Repairs Inadequate – Senate

N38bn Budget For Road Repairs Inadequate - Senate         The Senate has described as grossly inadequate, the N38bn earmarked for federal road repairs in the 2021 budget. The red chamber said nothing meaningful could be achieved by the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency across the country with the...