Tag: FG

Survival Fund: FG releases registration schedule as portal opens today

Ishaku Yohanna

As the portal for the registration of prospective beneficiaries for the Survival Fund opens on Monday, the Federal Government has released the timetable for categories of businesses to register. A statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by the Project Delivery Office stated that the portal which opens at 10 PM, will have educational institutions as the first category of beneficiaries to register. Nigerians interested in the Payroll Support scheme are to note that the site for registration will be open from 10 pm Monday, September 21, 2020. In order to…

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Visa ban: Dont disrespect Nigeria, FG tells US, UK

Ishaku Yohanna

The Federal Government, has told the United States and the United Kingdom that the country has ample provisions in its laws to sanction violators and perpetrators of electoral violence and fraud in the country. The government said it took note of the concerns of some of its partners, specifically the United States and the United Kingdom governments regarding the elections in Edo and Ondo States. The government also noted that both countries expressed their intention to take punitive measures against those they decide will be involved in what they termed…

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Despite BVN, FG asks bank account holders to register again

Ishaku Yohanna

The Federal Government of Nigeria has directed Nigerians with accounts in any financial institutions to obtain complete and submit Self Certification Forms to their respective financial institutions. The financial institutions comprise of banks, insurance companies and others. The forms, according to a tweet thread from the verified account of the Government of Nigeria explained that the forms are required by the relevant financial institutions to carry out due diligence procedures in line with the Income Tax Regulations 2019. The federal government said individuals who hold accounts in different financial…

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Labour, FG lock horns over electricity tariff, fuel price hike

Ishaku Yohanna

Subsidy must go, FG insists Organised Labour under the auspices of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has again disagreed with the Federal Government over the recent increase in the prices of petroleum products and electricity tariff, stressing that both policies are a burden on Nigerian workers. President of the NLC, Ayubba Wabba, made this known to the Government during dialogue with government representatives on the state of the economy, even as he condemned the fixing of prices of electricity and petrol without consultations…

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FG shifts meeting with labour to Tuesday

Ishaku Yohanna

The Federal Government has rescheduled the meeting with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to discuss the economy to Tuesday. The parley would hold at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Charles Akpan, announced the new date in a text message on Saturday. It read, The meeting has been rescheduled to Tuesday, 15th Sept at 10am. Venue is Banquet Hall of Presdential Villa. This is to accommodate all participants. The Minister of…

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Strikes: FG reaches truce with JOHESU, meets NLC, TUC, others Saturday

Ishaku Yohanna

Officials of the Joint Health Sector Unions may shelve its strike scheduled to start on Sunday sequel to the conciliation meeting between it and the Federal Government. The unions had been directed to consult its members on the agreements reached with the FG and report back to the Ministry of Labour by Saturday, September 12. A communiqu issued at the end of the parley said the FG has appropriated N126 billion in the 2020 COVID-19 intervention Appropriation Act for infrastructure upgrading and equipment for the health, noting that lack of…

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Striking resident doctors, FG sign MoU after 6-hour meeting

Ishaku Yohanna

The Federal Government and the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD Wednesday night, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with a view to resolving the ongoing nationwide strike of the resident doctors. Following the MoU, NARD leaders are expected to meet tomorrow (Thursday) with a view to calling of the ongoing strike. The MoU was signed at a conciliation meeting convened by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Dr Chris Ngige, attended by the leadership of NARD and the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA; Federal Ministry of Health; Federal Ministry…

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Petrol: FG officially begins full deregulation, as PPPRA jettison price bands

Ishaku Yohanna

…Says price to be determined by forces of demand and supply The Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government is no more going to be releasing guiding price bands for the sale of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, at filling stations. It disclosed this in Abuja through the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, adding that based on this, the downstream arm of the oil and gas sector had been fully deregulated. Responding to questions from journalists during a briefing at the headquarters of PPPRA, the agencys Executive Secretary, Abdulkadir Saidu, stated that…

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Despite increase, petrol price in Nigeria remains among the cheapest, says FG

Ishaku Yohanna

During a press conference in Abuja, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, declared that despite the recent hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit to N162 per litre, the price of the commodity in Nigeria remains among the cheapest in Africa. Mohammed was joined at the briefing by the Minister of Power, Sale Mamman; and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva. The minister said, In spite of the recent increase in the price of fuel to N162 per litre, petrol prices in Nigeria remain…

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NANS begins mobilisation for showdown with FG over electricity, fuel hikes

Ishaku Yohanna

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, said on Sunday that it has begun mobilisation of members for a possible showdown with the federal government. The action, according to the students body, was aimed at forcing the government to rescind its decision on the increment. NANS said it had begun mobilisation of its members, saying a high-level consultation with relevant pro-people organisations and bodies for a major showdown with the government was ongoing. While insisting that government must reverse its decision on the many increments introduced recently on essential services,…

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