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seunmsg:
Oshomole remains the National chairman of APC. Giadom and his backers will be expelled.

Godons1:
Cry me a River.

Oshiomole has come to stay. Obaşeki's is a goner,

seunmsg:
I expect Oshiomhole led NWC to immediately meet and expel Giadom and every member that took the matter to court.

ClassicMG:
then what is debt service, if it's not debt payment?

Court Grants Victor Giadom Access To Operate As APC Chairman

An FCT High Court sitting in Maitama has granted an interim order allowing Victor Giadom to pilot the affairs of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as acting chairman and to preside over all National Executive Council meetings of the APC.

Annie939:
cool

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, Monday, disclosed that the Federal Government has suspended its $22.7 billion external borrowing plans due to current realities in the global economic landscape.

Speaking in Abuja, at the 2020 International Conference on the Nigerian Commodities Market, organized by the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Ahmed stated that the government would not go ahead with the borrowing programme even if it secures the approval of the National Assembly.

The finance minister explained that the decision of the government to suspend the borrowing was due to the fact that market indices do not support external borrowings at the moment.

She said, “The parliament is still doing its work on the borrowing plan. One arm of the parliament has completed theirs and the other arm is still working and it is a process that is controlled by the parliament itself, so we are waiting.

“However, we are not going out immediately because the market indication is not in favour of external borrowing at this time. Even if we get approvals we will defer it and watch the market and go out only when the timing is right.”

Ahmed, tax, Nigeria, borrow
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Zainab Ahmed
FG suspends plans to borrow $22.7bn
ON MARCH 16, 20204:43 PMIN BUSINESS
…Commodities market to be used to diversify economy — Osinbajo

By Michael Eboh & Fortune Eromosele
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, Monday, disclosed that the Federal Government has suspended its $22.7 billion external borrowing plans due to current realities in the global economic landscape.

Speaking in Abuja, at the 2020 International Conference on the Nigerian Commodities Market, organized by the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Ahmed stated that the government would not go ahead with the borrowing programme even if it secures the approval of the National Assembly.


The finance minister explained that the decision of the government to suspend the borrowing was due to the fact that market indices do not support external borrowings at the moment.

She said, “The parliament is still doing its work on the borrowing plan. One arm of the parliament has completed theirs and the other arm is still working and it is a process that is controlled by the parliament itself, so we are waiting.

“However, we are not going out immediately because the market indication is not in favour of external borrowing at this time. Even if we get approvals we will defer it and watch the market and go out only when the timing is right.”


She explained that the Federal Government was not relenting on its plans to diversify the country’s economy, noting that unfolding events of the past few months, the coronavirus pandemic and the oil price war, had further reinforced the resolve to diversify the national economy.

She disclosed that the current challenges in the global economy had brought to the fore the need for the country to develop a non-oil attitude to everything.

According to her, the Federal Government planned to prioritize expenditure in favour of major capital expenditures that would have greater impact, and which would create job and visibility and also enhance the ease of doing business in the country.


She noted that expenditures that are not critical must be deferred to a later date when things become more normal.

She said, “Several national plans, programmes and projects have been directed at diversifying the production and revenue structures of our economy.

“While some levels of achievements have been recorded in this area, more still needs to be done to ensure that our production and exports base become more robust, less vulnerable to external shocks and provide more opportunities to our teeming population.”

Also speaking, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, stated that the government was taking steps towards developing the Nigerian commodities market, using it as a major driver for its economic diversification efforts.

He said, “As we are all aware, Nigeria is working on diversifying its economy as well as its revenue sources. The need to develop other channels of generating revenue and foreign exchange is critical.

“This need is further underscored by the recent drop in the global price of crude oil, which also constitutes a major threat to achieving planned government expenditure.

“There are various other initiatives towards mapping, quantifying and efficiently exploring the nation’s solid minerals deposits. Such efforts are equally necessary to diversify the country’s revenue sources from oil and create more opportunities in the regions where such solid minerals are deposited.

“No doubt, some of these developments in Nigeria’s agriculture and solid minerals sectors present emerging opportunities to be further enhanced and fully explored, all to the benefit of everyone in the country, as well as our foreign partners.”

Nigeria’s commodities’ potential still unrealized — SEC

Speaking in the same vein, Acting Director-General of SEC, Ms. Mary Uduk, reiterated that Nigeria was well endowed with agricultural, metals and energy commodities, noting that the country’s potentials in these areas are unrealised.

She said, “The good news, however, is that the capital market can be used as an avenue to unlock these potentials and diversify the nation’s economy, while providing jobs, creating values and contributing to governments’ revenue.

“We believe that if we can develop and institutionalise a vibrant commodities trading ecosystem in Nigeria, we can substantially address problems such as lack of storage, poor pricing, non-standardization, as well as low foreign exchange earnings affecting our agriculture and other commodities sub-sectors.”

muffyt05:
Aba Kyari is the chief of staff to the president as such, has the ears and the attentions of the president 24/7 as it relates to the general administration of the president's daily schedule but when it comes to core party matters and decisions, the same guy will have to sit while the real politicians do their things.
Concerning Philip Shuaibu and Oshiomole, it's just so funny how there's no dignity and loyalty among thieves (politicians).
I remember vividly in 2010 when Shuaibu was just a LGA chairman in Etsako West, he was always at the beck and call of Oshiomole, who was a governor then. This guy was almost like a slave to Oshiomole to that extent that he took after Oshiomole's style of dressing but guy is now big now and can now poke the eyes of his benefactor. Anyway, that's politics and that's also life teaching us lessons

fyneguy:
Pro- Osho

Borno
Lagos
Ogun
Osun
Imo
Gombe
Niger
Katsina
Kano
Kwara
Nassarawa

End of discussion

jlinkd78:
Osho seriously having d last laugh

fyneguy:
You are not making sense. Worse still, you are excited while at it. Please, stop disgracing Edo people. They are smart and sensible people.

seunmsg:
Why is there no correlation between the title and the body?

The story you posted is saying something different entirely.

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, have just met at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The closed-door meeting took place about 1pm.

The agenda was not disclosed officially.

Incidentally, as Buhari and Gbajabiamila met, Oshiomhole was sighted going to the office of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Abba Kyari.
It was unclear why he went to see Kyari, as he did not speak with reporters.