Archives Tag: Federal Government of Nigeria
Federal Government Launches Project Grow 100 For Nigerian Businesses ($5,000 Grant)
April 19, 2022
The Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports Development in partnership with TiimAfrica has set up the Project Grow 100 initiative to provide a Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) grant to eligible Nigerian youth. Read more about Business To apply, you must meet the following criteria; You must be between the age of 25 – 35 … Continue reading Federal Government Launches Project Grow 100 For Nigerian Businesses ($5,000 Grant)
FG Commences Disbursement OF MSME Survival Fund To Artisans
April 19, 2022
The federal government, on Thursday, last week, began the disbursement of its N75 billion Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) survival funds. Read more about Business The Special Assistant to the President on MSMEs/DFIs, Tola Johnson, said that the fund is a N30,000 one-off grant and targeted at over 300,000 artisans affected by the … Continue reading FG Commences Disbursement OF MSME Survival Fund To Artisans
FG Commences Application For N75bn Youth Investment Fund
April 19, 2022
As part of the Federal Government‘s responsibility to invest in the youths, it has inaugurated the application for the Nigeria Youth Investment Fund in Abuja. This was announced in a statement by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development Minister, Mr Sunday Dare, who inaugurated the application for the investment fund on Thursday. Read … Continue reading FG Commences Application For N75bn Youth Investment Fund
Federal Government Accepts 5-point Demand Of #EndSARS Protesters
April 19, 2022
The federal government has accepted the 5-point demand by protesters clamouring for an end to police brutality in the country, according to Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. Read more about #EndSARS In a statement, Adesina said: “Following directives by President Muhammadu Buhari on the dissolution of Special Anti-Robbery … Continue reading Federal Government Accepts 5-point Demand Of #EndSARS Protesters
FG Rolls Out Survival Fund Program For Nigerian MSMEs
April 19, 2022
The Federal Government has launched a survival fund program to support Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) through the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more about Business The program includes Payroll Support, Guaranteed Offtake, and MSME Grant among others, all part of the National Economic Sustainability Plan. Criteria To qualify for … Continue reading FG Rolls Out Survival Fund Program For Nigerian MSMEs
FG Directs State Governments To Conduct Risk Assessment Ahead Reopening Of Schools
April 19, 2022
Nigerian students eager to return to school had some good news on Thursday, September 3, 2020, as the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, directed schools across the country to start working towards resumption. Mr. Aliyu who noted that the reopening would be done in phases urged state governments … Continue reading FG Directs State Governments To Conduct Risk Assessment Ahead Reopening Of Schools
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Federal Government Releases Schedule For National Examinations
April 19, 2022
After allowing students in their final senior secondary school year (SS3) to return to classes on August 4, 2020, in preparation for their West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) which is popular as WAEC (West Africa Examination Council), the federal government has gone further to announce that the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations … Continue reading Federal Government Releases Schedule For National Examinations
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Road Transport Protocols for Interstate Travel
April 19, 2022
On June 29th 2020, the federal government announced the lifting of the interstate travel ban in Nigeria. For weeks we watched the NCAA roll out their airline protocols while FAAN listed COVID precautionary measures at airports. We have mentioned all these previously in this column, even after domestic flights resumed. Read more about Travel and … Continue reading Road Transport Protocols for Interstate Travel
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Nigeria’s FEC Approves ₦2.3 Trillion Plan to Speed Up Economic Recovery
April 19, 2022
Nigeria will be getting a ₦2.3 trillion lift to get it out of an impending recession. This comes after the country’s Federal Executive Council approved the Nigeria Economic Sustainability Plan (NESP), a set of policy measures aimed at fixing the country’s troubled economy. The economic sustainability committee, headed by Vice President Osinbajo, had earlier submitted … Continue reading Nigeria’s FEC Approves ₦2.3 Trillion Plan to Speed Up Economic Recovery
Eid-el-Fitr: Monday, 25th and Tuesday, 26th May Declared Public Holidays
April 19, 2022
In line with celebration of Islamic Eid-el-Fitr, the Nigerian government has declared Monday, May 25th, and Tuesday, May 26th, 2020 as public holidays. In a statement released on Thursday, May 21st, 2020, by Mohammed Manga, the Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Interior, on behalf of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the Nigerian … Continue reading Eid-el-Fitr: Monday, 25th and Tuesday, 26th May Declared Public Holidays
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The Implications Of Racking Up More Government Debt In A Time Of Crisis
April 19, 2022
As the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic has sent Nigeria’s economy into dire straits, the government has once again found itself running to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for loans tagged as Emergency Funds. Details available as of press time reveals that the IMF loan is a $3.4 billion facility with a 5 year tenor … Continue reading The Implications Of Racking Up More Government Debt In A Time Of Crisis
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Tables Turn When The Government Begs For Help
April 19, 2022
It goes without saying that there is nothing a desperate government won’t do to jeopardize the good fortune of its people. The path currently being toed by states and the federal government (FG) is one heading in the wrong direction. Word out is that come this June, states might not have the usual monthly remittance … Continue reading Tables Turn When The Government Begs For Help
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Controversy Lingers Over Federal Government’s Palliatives Disbursements
April 19, 2022
As Nigerians are beginning to look forward to the much-expected government relief for the Coronavirus pandemic shutdown, the new parameters stipulated by the Federal Government (FG) for palliatives distribution has continued to generate an outcry by the public. Initially, when the Social Investment Programme (SIP) was criticized by the National Assembly last week, the Office … Continue reading Controversy Lingers Over Federal Government’s Palliatives Disbursements
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Covid- 19: The Journey Ends Here
April 19, 2022
The Corona Virus for every reason made available to time has made history. That recent human history has never been this troubled by the widespread and panic-inducing effect of a pandemic of this magnitude. The world will forever remember this era with nostalgic grief for many years to come. The pandemic tells the story … Continue reading Covid- 19: The Journey Ends Here
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The Federal Government May Be Mulling a Subsidy for Data
April 19, 2022
Nigeria’s Minister for Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, has hinted that the Federal Government could subsidize the cost of data in the near future. He says the idea of lowering the cost of accessing the internet is being considered “in the inner recesses of the government.” Mr. Dare disclosed this in a podcast interview with … Continue reading The Federal Government May Be Mulling a Subsidy for Data
