Five takeaways from Finance Minister’s interview with Channels
Nigeria’s Minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed recently had an interview with Channels TV where she talked about the plans of the President Buhari-led…
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Nigeria targets N252bn from privatisation in 2020, says finance minister
Nigeria’s finance minister, Zainab Ahmed, says the government is expecting to rake in some N252 billion from sales of public assets in 2020.
Ahmed did not name the specific assets to be…
Commonwealth finance ministers urge progress on taxing digital commerce to tackle…
Commonwealth finance ministers have recognised the potential of technology to improve debt transparency while urging closer collaboration to resolve tax challenges arising from growing…
Fuel subsidy to gulp N450bn in 2020 – finance minister
Minister for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, says under-recovery of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly referred to as fuel subsidy will gulp N450 billion in 2020.…
German banks wade into negative rate debate
German banks grappling with the burden of negative interest rates are fighting back against a proposal to ban them from passing on the costs to their retail depositors. They warn that such a…
Finance minister needs to have Egypt, Indonesia counterparts on speed dial
Nigeria’s next finance minister needs to grab the economy by the scruff of the neck to deliver big wins that don’t require reinventing the wheel.
The minister also needs to make close…
Finance minister calls for intensified efforts to boost revenue
Nigeria’s minister of finance, Zainab Ahmed, has called for intensified efforts to boost revenue generation in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s emphasis at his 2019 budget speech.…
FG appoints Adeosun board chairman of Nigerian Bulk Trading Company
The Federal Government has announced the appointment of the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun as the Chairman, Board of Directors of Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company (NBET).
The…
Ghana aims to narrow budget deficit to 6.5%
Ghana aims to reduce its budget deficit to 6.5 per cent of gross domestic product in 2017 from 8.7 per cent on a cash basis last year, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta told parliament on…