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Ganduje Signs 3 Revenue-Generating Bills Into Law

Kano state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has signed into law three bills aimed at improving revenue generation in the state. The bills are Land Use Charges (Amended) 2017, Kano State Revenue Amended Law 2017 and Policy statement on the establishment of Kano Bureau for...

Insecurity: Kogi Govt Donates 260 Motorcycles, 10 trucks to Vigilante Service

In his bid to strengthen security of lives and property in collaboration with local security groups in the State, Governor Yahya Bello of Kogi has donated 260 motorbikes and 10 trucks to the Kogi State Vigilante Service. Presenting the donations on behalf of the Governor,...

Niger Governor Signs N116 bn 2017 Budget

Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has signed into law N116 billion 2017 appropriation bill of the state. The legislators increased the budget by N8 billion. The governor had in December last year presented a bill of N107 billion budget proposal to the state...

KGIRS Begins Collection of Road Maintenance Levy

In its bid to tackle fiscal challenges facing the State and improve Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS) has commenced the collection of road infrastructural maintenance levy from operators of commercial vehicles, tricycles and motorcycles following the recent enactment...

‘Adamawa received only N9.5b Paris club refund’

The Adamawa State government has explained that it received only N9.5 billion from the Federal Government in the Paris Club refunds.The state Commissioner of Finance, Mahmood Saleh, disclosed this in Yola yesterday. He said the explanation became necessary to clear the air on the amount...

Paris Club refund: We’ve done nothing illegal —Govs

Again, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, said, yesterday, that there was no illegality in the disbursement of the Paris Club loan refund. The refund was a result of over-deductions from the statutory allocations of the states for debt-servicing from 1995 to 2002. The NGF reaction...