Tag: Ahmed Zainab

Buhari's finance minister confident Nigeria can service N47tn debt
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Buhari’s finance minister confident Nigeria can service N47tn debt

  The former Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has stated that Nigeria can still service its N46trn debt. According to The PUNCH, she stated this while speaking at her valedictory ceremony in Abuja. “Despite revenue challenges, government consistently met its debt service commitments, while post-financing assessments showed adequate capacity to […]

Why insurance sector needs repositioning - FG
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Why insurance sector needs repositioning – FG

The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Dr. Zainab Ahmed, has urged West African insurance providers to restructure the sector for global competitiveness. The Punch reported that she gave a speech during the 50th-anniversary celebration and educational conference of the West African Insurance Companies Association in Lagos State, Nigeria. The conference’s theme was “Re-positioning the insurance industry […]

SACHOL: BPE explains inability to pay ex-workers' N1.8b benefits
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SACHOL: BPE explains inability to pay ex-workers’ N1.8b benefits

The Bureau of Public Enterprises has said, all entreaties to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, to ensure the release of the funds for the payment of N1.8 billion severance packages to the ex-staff of the Skypower Aviation Handling Company Limited has proved abortive. The Bureau’s Director for Post Transaction […]

How more taxes'll reduce debt load - FG
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CBN didn’t consult FG on new naira notes – Minister

The Federal Government has stated that is had prior knowledge about the Central Bank of Nigeria plan to redesign the N100, N200, N500 and N1000 naira notes. According to Vanguard, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning , Zainab Ahmad, stated that if done, the move would cause great consequences for the nation and […]

FG to end fuel subsidy in 2023 - Minister
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FG’ll tap $2.2bn Eurobond for fuel subsidy funding –Minister

The Federal Government is planning to tap €2bn ($2.2bn) by this month or next of the money it raised in a Eurobond sale last year and targets more local borrowing in 2022 to help fund subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Ahmed Zainab, has said. […]