The presidency on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s promise that governance would not take the back seat in spite of his busy campaign schedules across Nigeria ahead of the presidential election was fulfilled.

Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, in a statement, listed the administration’s achievements in the last six months.

The release reads: “Minimum Wage: January 9, 2019: President Buhari inaugurated the Presidential Technical Advisory Committee on the Implementation of the National Minimum Wage (PTAC), with a mandate to advise the Federal Government on how best to fund, in a sustained manner, the additional costs of implementing the imminent increase in the National Minimum Wage.

The Committee, chaired by Mr. Bismarck Rewane, submitted its report on Monday, March 25, 2019.

Also in January 2019, President Buhari submitted a National Minimum Wage Amendment Bill to the National Assembly for passage, following the approval of the National Council of State. The Bill is now awaiting presidential assent.

2. FINANCING GOVERNMENT

January 23, 2019: The Strategic Revenue Growth Initiatives (SRGI) programme of the Federal Government was launched by Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, in Abuja

SRGI is built on three (3) main planks:

Achieve sustainability in revenue generation
Identify new and enhance the enforcement of existing revenue streams
Achieve cohesion in the revenue ecosystem (people and tools).

The Steering Committee of the SRGI, with membership drawn from all the major revenue-generating agencies, held its inaugural meeting on February 12, 2019.

3. FINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE

January 25, 2019: President Buhari signed Executive Order 007 of 2019: The Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme.

Through this Scheme, companies that are willing and able to spend their own funds on constructing roads to their factories or farms, will recover their construction costs by paying reduced taxes, over a period of time.

In the first phase, 19 Eligible Road Projects are to be undertaken by 6 leading manufacturing and construction firms, in 11 States, and in each of Nigeria’s six geo-political zones, as follows:

The Companies: Dangote Industries Limited; Lafarge Africa Plc; Unilever Nigeria Plc; Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc; Nigeria LNG Limited; and China Road and Bridge Corporation Nigeria Limited.

The Roads: a) Construction of Ashaka-Bajoga Highway in Gombe State;

b) Reconstruction of Dikwa-Gambaru-Ngala Road in Borno State;

c) Reconstruction of Bama-Banki Road in Borno State;

d) Rehabilitation of Sharada Road in Kano State;

e) Rehabilitation of Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway / Bypass, in Kaduna State;

f) Reconstruction of Birnin Gwari Expressway – Road in Kaduna State;

g) Reconstruction of Birnin Gwari – Dansadau Road in Kaduna State;

h) Reconstruction of Makurdi-Yandev-Gboko Road in Benue State;

i) Reconstruction of Zone Roundabout-House of Assembly Road in Benue State;

j) Reconstruction of Obajana-Kabba Road in Kogi State;

k) Reconstruction of Ekuku-Idoma-Obehira Road in Kogi State;

l) Construction of Adavi-Eba-Ikuehi-Obeiba-Obokore Road in Kogi State;

m) Rehabilitation of Lokoja-Ganaja Road in Kogi State;

n) Ofeme Community Road Network and Bridges in Abia State;

o) Rehabilitation of Obele-Ilaro-Papalanto-Shagamu Road in Ogun State;

p) Reconstruction of Sokoto Road in Ogun State;

q) Reconstruction of Apapa-Oshodi-Oworonshoki-Ojota Road in Lagos State;

r) Construction of Bodo-Bonny Road & Bridges across Opobo Channel in Rivers State; and

s) Rehabilitation of Benin City – Asaba Road in Edo State.

4. CONSUMER PROTECTION

January 30, 2019: President Buhari assented to the new Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act (FCCPA), Nigeria’s first unified and comprehensive Competition legislation.

The new Act establishes the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), to replace the Consumer Protection Council.......Continue reading: https://www.newsvib.com/2019/04/buhari-govt-lists-achievements-in-last-six-months.html

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