Labour Rejects Move By FG To Cut Salaries       Workers have kicked against a move by the Federal Government to cut their salaries as well as reduce the number of federal agencies. They registered their opposition yesterday through the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in a reaction to...

FIRS To Deduct Tax From Defaulters’ Bank Accounts       The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has threatened to deduct tax liabilities from defaulters’ bank accounts. It said in a statement in Abuja, Wednesday, that the move was being considered, “following rising cases of willful and illegal withholding...

Buhari Orders Review Of FG’s Payrolls To Cut Costs     The federal government has initiated a raft of measures to cut the cost of governance in the face of dwindling revenue occasioned by the headwinds of the COVID-19 pandemic and the attendant global economic tailspin. Minister of...

Pantami Tasks NITDA to Reinforce IT Projects Clearance in Public Sector   The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami has tasked the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to reinforce clearance of Information Technology (IT) projects in the public sector. Pantami made the call...

PenCom To Adopt Electronic Pension Verification       The National Pension Commission (PenCom) said it will adopt an automated electronic process to conduct the annual verification and enrolment exercise. In a statement yesterday, PenCom said due to the COVID-19, it could not conduct the 2020 exercise physically for...

Akwa Ibom Assembly Passes N456.25bn Appropriation Bill Into Law       The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Tuesday passed into Law the state appropriation bill of N456.25billion for the 2021 fiscal year. The 2021 appropriation bill is broken down to of N164.52billion Recurrent expenditure, N241.45billion Capital Expenditure...