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FULL SPEECH: Tito Mboweni’s 2021 Budget Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered his 2021 Budget Speech amid an economy ravaged by COVID-19 and the associated lockdowns. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his Budget speech in Parliament on 24 February 2021. Picture: GCIS. Today I table before this House: 2021 Appropriation Bill The Budget Review Madam Speaker last year we outlined a strategy to becomi...

The Fifteenth Finance Commission has adapted well to swiftly shifting sands A pair of balanced scales representing the Union of India and the States, the cover visual of the Fifteenth Finance Commission’s report for the period 2021-22 to 2025-26, seeks to highlight the Commission’s endeavour to maintain an equitable approach at a time when the Centre and States are facing unprecedented revenue stress and fiscal demands. The Centre has accepted much of the Commission’s broad recommendatio...

NICOLA STURGEONS independence efforts have been dealt a blow as the Treasury allocated an extra £1.1billion for Scotlands Covid recovery budget.

NICOLA STURGEON'S independence efforts have been dealt a blow as the Treasury allocated an extra £1.1billion for Scotland's Covid recovery budget.

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 14 February 2021 The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, have assured Nigerians that the 9th National Assembly will pass the Petroleum Industry Bill in the second quarter of this year but the reality on the ground indicates that it may not be as easy as they think, SUNDAY ABORISADE reports For the umpteenth time, the Petroleum Industry Bill found its way again to the National Assembly, when...

Punch Newspapers Sections ‘Femi Asu The International Monetary Fund says Nigeria has expressed strong commitment to avoid the return of fuel subsidy and to put an end to electricity tariff shortfalls by June this year. The Federal Government removed petrol subsidy in March last year after reducing the pump price of the product to N125 per litre from N145 on the back of the sharp drop in crude oil prices. The IMF, in a report after the conclusion of its Article IV consultation with Nigeria, sa...

The International Monetary Fund says Nigeria has expressed strong commitment to avoid the return of fuel subsidy and to put an end to electricity tariff shortfalls by June this year.

Policy changes that forced government departments to buy locally produced vehicles would be good for the economy.