National Economic Council, NEC, has set up a committee in the six-geopolitical zones of the country to decentralise operations of Nigeria Police Force. This came as National Security Adviser, NSA, Babagana Monguno, said ongoing security challenges in the country were asymmetric, which cannot be overcome within a short period. This is even as Nigeria Governors […]
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Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, and governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has said freezing accounts of Benue State government by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was an attempt to shut down the state. Governor Yari also described the action of EFCC as unconstitutional and wrong, especially as the state was still battling […]
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The Nigeria Governors’ on Wednesday night met in Abuja to discuss issues of minimum wage, insecurity and other matters of interests for the development of the country in Forum. While the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is proposing a minimum wage of N65,000 for workers, the governors have been insisting on the staggering of the implementation […]
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Information and Culture Minister Alhaji Lai Mohammed has shed light on the approval of $1 billion by the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) to fight insecurity nationwide. He said the money was approved to assist the military in tackling serious security challenges, including the Boko Haram insurgency, illegal oil bunkering, kidnaping and cattle rustling. Mohammed took […]
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The Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG, yesterday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, to facilitate dialogue and develop joint programmes geared towards promoting sub-national competitiveness as a national economic development strategy. The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the on-going 23rd edition of the Nigerian Economic Summit. Chief […]
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