Category: Governance

Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has approved and released the total sum of 3 billion naira to commence massive constructions of over 30 township road projects awarded across the state. Commissioner for Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Alhaji Asiwaju Idris who disclosed this on Saturday, hinted that the governor has ordered that contractors be mobilized…

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed that his administration has nothing to hide in the implementation of the 2021 budget. He made this remark while speaking to newsmen in Daura, after the registration and revalidation exercise of the All Progressives Congress on Saturday. President stated that the budget aptly captured some of the visions of the…

The House of Representatives says there is no going back on the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) under consideration. Spokesperson of the House, Benjamin Kalu stated that the legislature will surely reinvigorate the petroleum industry and promote economic growth in host communities and the nation. Kalu explained that they are appalled at the…

Senator representing Kogi West, Smart Adeyemi, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for allocating N3billion in the 2021 Appropriation Act for construction of Kabba-Egbe-Ilorin and Kabba-Iyamoye-Omuo roads. In the Appropriation Act just released by the Federal Government, according to a statement by the Kogi West Senator, adequate budgetary provision has been made for the construction of…

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs, and their retirement from service. Those involved are the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal…

The Federal Government is targeting over 160,000 poor and vulnerable rural women, to benefit from the N20,000 cash grant, across the country to cushion the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Faruk, made the disclosure at the launch of the grant, on Wednesday, in Katsina,…

The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Shehuri, has said that 27,000 unemployed Youths and women will benefit from the Extended Special Public Works Programme (ESPWs). Chief Information Officer of the ministry, Mr Ezeaja Ikemefuna, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Shehuri said the ESPWs is of the…

The Federal Government, yesterday, said that it was trying its best to ensure that over two million Nigerians displaced as a result of insurgency, communal clashes, armed banditry, among others were given support. The government also assured those living with disability that they would be given more political appointments in the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government…

The federal government yesterday directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to suspend the tariff hike it approved recently. The minister of Power, Engr Sale Mamman who handed down the directive said it was aimed at the paving way for a successful conclusion of the ongoing dialogue between the federal government and the labour unions.…

Barely two days after giving out over N60 million as housing loan to some teachers and other workers, Ekiti State Government has again disbursed another N100 million as car loans to 278 civil servants. The Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Mr Akintunde  Oyebode, made this known to newsmen on Tuesday evening in Ado Ekiti,…