FG Explains Modality For N75bn Youth Support Fund       Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajia  has explained the modality for the disbursement of the Federal Government’s N75 billion Entrepreneurship Youth Support Fund. She spoke at the weekend in Kaduna at a meeting with 77 district...

FG Expecting One million MT Steel From $1.5bn Plant – Minister       The Federal Government has said that the $1.5bn steel plant that is nearing completion in Kaduna State will attract automobile industries to Nigeria when completed. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, disclosed...

Border Closure Boosts Rice Sufficiency, Manufacturing - FG       The Federal Government on Thursday said the closure of Nigeria’s land borders was good for the economy as the country was now close to attaining self sufficiency in rice production. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab...

Wages Risen By 150% In Five Years - Ahmed       The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Tuesday decried the daily rise in the wage bill of the Federal Government and declared that it rose by 150 per cent between 2015 and...

N700bn Recovered Through Whistleblowers In 4 Years - Fed Govt         Assets and cash worth more than N700bn have been recovered through the whistleblower policy of the Federal Government, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said on Tuesday. In 2016 the Federal Government...

Panel Kicks As Finance Minister, Others Shun Budget Performance Sitting         The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, the Director General of Budget Office, Ben Akabueze and the Accountant General of Federation Ahmed Idris, on Thursday, failed to appear before the Senate Committee on Appropriation over the...