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Abuja – The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has resolved to put the necessary legal frameworks and institutions in place for States Fiscal Transparency Accountability, and Sustainability (SFTAS). SFTAS is a World Bank support and intervention designed to support Nigerian states implement a Fiscal Sustainability Plan. The forum said this in a communiqué issued on Wednesday night after its 30th teleconference. It also agreed on the need for states to meet their SFTAS obligations. It noted tha...

Channels Television   Updated May 20, 2021   The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday said they are working to resolve issues surrounding the implementation of Executive Order 10. This was disclosed in a communiqué signed by the Chairman of the forum Kayode Fayemi at the end of the 30th teleconference meeting. President Muhammadu had earlier in May 2020 signed an Executive Order granting financial autonomy to both the judicial and legislative arms of government at the state level. I...

NGF urges Kaduna Govt, NLC to resolve labour crisis The NGF says it stands with the Kaduna State governor in his quest to improve the productivity of workers and their rights for a better quality of life. The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) has appealed to the Kaduna State Government and the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to tow the path of peace. The forum, chaired by the Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi, made this known in a communique issued at the end of its meeting on Wednesday. “O...

Share Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Thursday disclosed that the payment of between N70 billion and N210 billion monthly on fuel subsidy is unsustainable. Governor El-Rufai made the observation while presenting the report on the appropriate pricing of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise called petrol, during the 30th teleconference meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) chaired by Governor Kayode Fayemi. While calling for full deregulation of the downstream of the petroleum industry, Gove...

Fayemi. Photo: TWITTER/EKITISTATEGOV Gov sets up committee to provide support for poor, vulnerable households, others The organised labour in Ekiti State has rejected withdrawal of minimum wage and consequential adjustment by the state government. The organised labour, which comprises the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC), met Governor Kayode Fayemi in a closed-door meeting on the state of the economy, calling for release of su...

COVID-19: Fayemi inaugurates State CARES steering committee On By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has inaugurated a nine-man committee to give policy direction to the implementation of the State COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (CARES) programme The programme which was designed to support the livelihood of the poor and vulnerable households in the State, is a jointly developed World Bank-supported programme aimed at mitigating the effect of the...

•Project Funded Through World Bank Facility Lagos State Government has rolled out a $20 million Coronavirus (COVID-19) Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (Lagos CARES) Programme to support livelihood for poor and vulnerable households and to expand food security services in the State. At the State House, Alausa, on Wednesday, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu launched the social intervention project that is focused on offering safety net to residents whose means of livelihood had been disrupted ...

FBR, World Bank agree to enhance cooperation Discuss difficulties being encountered while implementing reform interventions APP April 18, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Asim Ahmad and World Bank Country Director for Pakistan Najy Benhassine have agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation between the two institutions. In a meeting on Saturday, the two heads discussed World Bank’s ‘Pakistan Raises Revenue’ program worth $400 million, which is aimed at domestic resourc...

FBR chairman meets WB country director National April 17, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The World Bank’s Country Director for Pakistan, Najy Benhassine, called on FBR Chairman Asim Ahmad on Friday. It was an introductory meeting following Asim Ahmad’s recent appointment as the chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue. The two officials discussed the World Bank-sponsored reforms programme ‘Pakistan Raises Revenue’, which is a $400 million programme for domestic resource mobilisation through the auto...

Share Cross River State ranks top three together with Kogi and Sokoto states for the State Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) program of the World Bank. Speaking in Calabar, the Commissioner for Finance, Asuquo Ekpenyong Jnr., revealed during a press briefing at his office, that the State government had achieved a total of $20.4m in grants from the World Bank-funded SFTAS programme of the Federal Government of Nigeria. The commissioner also revealed that the state pl...