In exercise of the presidential authorities Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, has signed three executive orders that will significantly change some of the ways government business and operations are conducted in the country forthwith. Ahead of the signing, the Acting President held an interactive session at...

Five days after the National Assembly passed the 2017 budget, the Economic Management Team (EMT) chaired by acting President Yemi Osinbajo met in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to discuss the modalities for funding the budget. Although the National Assembly was yet to transmit the budget...

The Federal Government has reduced the membership of the National Council on Micro Small and Medium Enterprises from 43 to 21. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed this while inaugurating the new council, which he chairs, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Osinbajo said the decision to streamline...

The Federal Government has concluded plans to align its fiscal, monetary and trade policies to stimulate economic growth. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo who gave this indication said that sectoral policies were being implemented to diversify the economy by boosting investments in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, construction and...

The Federal Government has issued a new set of directives in its bid to accelerate the implementation of the Buhari administration’s new vision for the development of the Niger Delta. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, issued the directives at a recent meeting of the inter-ministerial...

The Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters, Adeyemi Dipeolu, stated this while reacting to the GDP figures released on Tuesday by the National Bureau of Statistics. He said though the figures reflected the "slowdown" in the economy for most of 2016, it also...