Tag: Zainab Ahmed

  • FG moves to borrow $1.2bn to increase agric value chain

    FG moves to borrow $1.2bn to increase agric value chain

    The Federal Government is seeking the approval of $1.2 billion loan from the National Assembly to address issues in the agriculture value chain, finance minister Zainab Ahmed said on Tuesday in Abuja at the ministry’s budget defence. Ahmed told the House of Representative Committee on Finance that the loan would be sourced from the Brazilian…

  • We’ve failed our children, Finance Minister decries

    We’ve failed our children, Finance Minister decries

    The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has urged parents to instill family values in their children as a way to save the country from degeneration. The minister made the call on Saturday in Kaduna during a stakeholders’ engagement with 77 district heads, religious and community leaders from the 23 Local Government…