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By John Ikyaave On the 18th of April, the Executive Management Team of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) under the leadership of Ahmed Dangiwa clocked four years in office. Within this period and under the supervision of the Minister of Works & Housing, Babatunde Fashola, the team of experienced professionals have posted remarkable performance by pursuing bold, dynamic, and strategic Institutional reforms. From unprecedented levels of mortgage loan disbursements to stronger collaborat...

“These are basic mistakes that should not be happening, especially with a controversial issue like Ihumātao.” In a letter to National MP Nicola Willis and ACT leader David Seymour earlier today, Controller and Auditor General John Ryan wrote - "the Ministry did not seek the correct approvals, the expenditure was incurred without appropriation and without authority to use imprest supply". "For these reasons, the payment is unlawful until validated by Parliament as part of an Appropriation (...

Revealed: Auditor-General deems Governments Ihumātao purchase unlawful Newshub 2 hrs ago © Newshub / Zane Small Housing Minister Megan Woods. The Auditor-General has deemed the Governments Ihumātao deal "unlawful" because Parliament did not approve a new spending category to purchase the land. The disputed south Auckland land was purchased from Fletcher Building in December for $30 million. The Government said it was bought using the Land for Housing Programme, which falls under the Kiwi...

Governments Ihumātao land purchase unlawful - Auditor-General 20 Apr, 2021 02:41 AM 5 minutes to read Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson announces a deal to settle the issue at Ihumātao with the Government buying the land from Fletchers for $29.9 million. Video / Mark Mitchell Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson announces a deal to settle the issue at Ihumātao with the Government buying the land from Fletchers for $29.9 million. Video / Mark Mitchell Social issues reporter, NZ Heraldmic...

Ihumātao land deal unlawful until validated by Parliament - Auditor-General © RNZ / Eden Fusitua The government will have to pass legislation to make the purchase of the land at Ihumātao lawful, because the ministry did not seek the right approvals for using the $29.9m. © Provided by Radio New Zealand Ihumātao occupiers gathered to mark a year since the eviction notice for the disputed land was served, 23 July 2020. Photo: RNZ / Eden Fusitua The Auditor-General investigated the deal...

Auditor-General rules Governments Ihumātao land purchase unlawful (Photo / NZ Herald) Tue, 20 Apr 2021, 4:16PM The Auditor-General has found the Governments $30 million purchase of land at Ihumātao was unlawful because it did not seek the correct approvals from Parliament. Act Party leader David Seymour and National MP Nicola Willis wrote separately to the Office of the Auditor-General about the Governments purchase of land at Ihumātao in Māngere, Auckland. Their concern...

The deal, made explicitly outside the Treaty of Waitangi process, ended one chapter in a long-running dispute over the land near Auckland Airport, which was once a site of market gardens for local iwi but was confiscated by the New Zealand Government in 1863. ACT leader David Seymour and National housing spokeswoman Nicola Willis both wrote to the Auditor-General asking for him to look into the case, arguing that the funds for Land For Housing Programme was being misused for a different purpo...

The Minister of Housing is required to explain herself to Parliament.

The deal, made explicitly outside the Treaty of Waitangi process, ended one chapter in a long-running dispute over the land near Auckland Airport, which was once a site of market gardens for local iwi but was confiscated by the New Zealand Government in 1863. ACT leader David Seymour and National housing spokeswoman Nicola Willis both wrote to the Auditor-General asking for him to look into the case, arguing that the funds for Land For Housing Programme was being misused for a different purpo...

Stevie Our chances of running a socialist style govt are slim with the vast network globally of neoliberal pirates sacking every community at will and literally bombing some countries with governments working for the common good. But China, Vietnam and a few others are emerging with strong systems of public good arising out of throwing out the colonial scum that divided the population, fostered the elite and raped the resources, while feigning “Democracy and Freedom” After the Russian re...