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Osinbajo Inaugurates New National Council On Infrastructure

Osinbajo Inaugurates New National Council On Infrastructure   Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday, inaugurated the National Council on Infrastructure, saying the move would bridge the nation’s infrastructure gaps while widening the frontiers of Public-Private sector collaboration. This was according to a statement signed by the Senior...

Fed Govt To Launch $750m World Bank-backed Programme

Fed Govt To Launch $750m World Bank-backed Programme   The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, on Tuesday, unveiled its plans to kickstart a $750m World Bank-funded programme in January next year. This was as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, said the kind of business environment Nigeria...

FG Aims to Generate N3.96tn revenue from oil, non-oil sectors Annually

FG Aims to Generate N3.96tn revenue from oil, non-oil sectors Annually The Federal Government has approved a new revenue boost scheme aimed at generating N3.8tn annually and N160bn from non-oil and oil ventures respectively. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity,...

Osinbajo Says Reducing Customs Procedure Can Lift Nigeria, Others By $250bn

Osinbajo Says Reducing Customs Procedure Can Lift Nigeria, Others By $250bn       Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that despite the monumental challenges posed by climate change, especially energy transition and related issues, the coming decade anchored on the African Continental Free Trade Area offers great...

Post-harvest Losses: Osinbajo Blames Poor Storage, Facilities

Post-harvest Losses: Osinbajo Blames Poor Storage, Facilities       Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed sadness over the rising cases of post-harvest losses of agricultural produce in Nigeria which he blamed on poor storage, poor rural infrastructure and non-automation of food processing. Osinbajo said this on Tuesday in...

Infra-Co: Rethinking Nigeria’s Infrastructural Development

Infra-Co: Rethinking Nigeria’s Infrastructural Development By Abubakar Bello Abdullahi       On Friday, 12th February, 2021 the Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, announced that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the establishment of a public-private partnership called Infra-Co, or Infrastructure Corporation,...