President Buhari Welcomes $5bn Investment From India

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday welcomed the proposed five billion dollars investment in Nigeria by visiting Indian business delegation, led by Indian Vice-President Hamid Ansari. According to a statement issued by Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, the President made the remark when he received Ansari at the State House, Abuja.He said, “India has already invested 10 billion dollars in the Nigerian economy.

NYSC Introduces Biometric Clearance to Check Fraud

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has introduced Biometric Clearance System for corps members in all local government areas of Nigeria to check impersonation and other forms of fraud in the scheme.The Director-General, Brig.-Gen. Sule Kazaure, said this on Tuesday in Katsina at the opening of a workshop on Biometric Clearance for corps members serving in the North-West zone, using ICT. He said, “I am delighted to inform you that all necessary logistics are ready and will be distributed to the local government areas in the country for the biometric clearance after the workshop.

Reform public service to fight corruption — UNDP

The Country Director of the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, to Nigeria, Lamin Beyai, has said the best way to institutionalise the fight against corruption in the country and make it effective was to reform the public service and make it part of the anti- corruption crusade.

FG approves establishment of presidential enabling business council

The Federal Government has approved the establishment of a presidential enabling business council in Nigeria. The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajia Aisha Abubakar made this known in Abuja at the opening of the Abuja international Trade fair. Hajia Aisha Abubakar said the council when established would address the challenges associated with doing business in Nigeria.

Kwara Govt. Launches scheme to aid infrastructural development

The Kwara State government has launched a scheme called Infrastructure Development Fund (IF-K) which the state government hopes would aid infrastructural development and cushion the effect of the economic recession. According to the state government, the scheme would help ensure that funds are available for infrastructural development. It promised that the era of abandoned projects is over in the state.

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Sale of national assets: NLC mobilises for nationwide protest

Organised labour, yesterday, said it was mobilising to confront the Federal Government over its decision to sell some national assets which had before now sustained the nation’s economy. Organised Labour’s declaration came on a day the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari against planned sale of the assets. Addressing journalists in Abuja, president of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, described the proposed decision of the government to dispose of the national assets as reckless auctioning of the nation’s commonwealth to a coterie of capitalists and government’s close associates.