"ESP is a plan that is for 12 months, designed to help the economy and also help our capacity in reaching the health challenges that we are facing as a result of #COVID19"
"The target is to create 300,000 houses at low cost, and 80-90% of the material used in their construction will be local. We will be providing the funds through @cenbank to small size developers, young groups of 3-5 architects and engineers."- @ZShamsuna on the mass housing plan.
"Our commitment is to build a lot of rural roads to link farmers and bring into cultivation between 20,000 to 100,000 hectares of new farmlands. Our target is to get more people back to their farmlands as soon as possible."- @ZShamsuna.
''I must say that we have major infrastructure projects situated across the country. Last week, we did a Sukuk signing on each of the four major roads across the six geopolitical zones. There are also ongoing projects that are now 100% funded."- @ZShamsuna.
''Four major airports have been fully rehabilitated, including those of Abuja, Lagos, Kano and Port Harcourt. Some rail lines are also functional. There is the Itakpe - Warri rail line which is now able to move cargo from Itakpe to Warri"- @ZShamsuna, Minister @FinMinNigeria
While speaking on the achievement of the @FinMinNigeria, the Minister, @ZShamsuna mentioned:
- development of a Strategic Revenue Growth Initiative (SRGI), a program that, upon implementation, will increase and expand the country's revenue base.
- reduction of taxes for SMEs, this will allow these businesses to grow and employ more people.
- amendment of the budget cycle back to the January to December fiscal year.
My fellow Nigerian brothers, sisters and friends of Nigeria.
I address you today, in my last assignment as a democratically elected President of our great and well-endowed nation, with a deep sense of gratitude to God, a great deal of appreciation to the Nigerian people and a modest sense of fulfilment.
President @MBuhari has assented to the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation ("NDIC") Bill, the Arbitration and Mediation Bill, and three other Bills, passed by the National Assembly, in furtherance of the provisions of Section 58 of the Constitution and pursuant to the Acts… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation Act repeals the hitherto extant NDIC Act No. 16 of 2006, and provides that NDIC is the insurer of all insurable deposit liabilities of insured institutions.
President @MBuhari has assented to the National Social Investment Programme Agency Bill, National Senior Secondary Education Bill, and six other Bills, passed by the National Assembly, in furtherance of the provisions of the Acts Authentication Act Cap. A2, Laws of the Federation… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) Agency is established to assist and empower the poor and vulnerable in Nigeria. The objective of the Act is to provide a legal and institutional framework for the establishment and management of the National Social Investment in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
NOTICE: The Federal Government today directed the IMMEDIATE CLOSURE of the Ijora-Olopa Bridge following the discovery that some miscreants have tampered with the major reinforcement elements of the deck from underneath, which led to the failure of a section of the Bridge along… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The Minister of Works and Housing @FMWHNIG, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, in a Press Statement signed by his Special Adviser on Communications, Mr. Hakeem Bello, identified the failed section as the Ijora-Olopa inward Ijora-Oloye–Apapa.
According to the Statement, Roads leading directly to the Bridge such as Costain inward Eko Bridge and Carter Bridge descent inward Ijora Oloye have, as a result, been closed to traffic from last night.
President @NAkufoAddo of Ghana is expected to chair the public presentation and launching of two new books on the legacies of President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, May 19, at the State House Conference Center, Abuja.
According to Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, the Chairman, Organizing Committee for the event, other distinguished guests expected at the book presentation include Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the President-elect, and Senator Kashim Shettima, the Vice President-elect.
The books for public presentation are:
- STATE OF REPAIR: HOW MUHAMMADU BUHARI TRIED TO TRANSFORM NIGERIA FOR THE BETTER, by Anthony Goldman, former Journalist and ex Africa Editor of the Financial Times of London;
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, last Friday unveiled Business Process Automation of Certificates of Occupancy for Federal Government Lands at the Ministry of Works and Housing Headquarters, Abuja. #GovtAtWorkNG
With the digitalization, manual processing of application for and signing of CofO which used to be time-consuming would stop with the introduction of the digital platform. The process that "used to take 3 months will now be available in 24 hours," Babatunde Fashola stated.
Also, the process automation will improve efficiency in land registration, prevent the issuance of counterfeit CofO and increase revenue to the government.