Finance Minister To Launch Revised Capital Market Master Plan   The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Mrs. Zainab Ahmed is to launch the Revised Capital Market Master Plan that is expected to be the Roadmap for the capital market for the next few years. This...

Fuel Subsidy Must Go in June 2023, FG Insists   The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, has said the plan to break off from fuel subsidy funding is not negotiable, describing it as a huge burden sustained by borrowing. She reiterated government's...

Fed Govt Received $339m From World Bank In 2022   The Federal Government has received $338.98m from the World Bank in 2022, which it plans to release to states soon. The funds were released under the State Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability project, which was initiated in...

JUST IN: FG Disowns Emefiele Over Plan To Redesign Naira Barely Forty Eight  hours after the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele announced that the apex bank would redesign the country’s currency December 15, 2022, the Federal Government Friday disagreed with him. Minister...

FG Budgets N3.36trn For Controversial Fuel Subsidy In H1, 2023   The Federal Government has disclosed that N3.36trillion has been earmarked for fuel subsidy in the first half of 2023. This was made known by Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance and Budget Planning, on Wednesday in...

Finance Minister Insists on more Taxes to Reduce Nigeria’s Debt Burden   The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has insisted that only the collection of more taxes and effective blocking of revenue leakages were realistic measures that would drastically cut borrowings...