Tag: President Buhari

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Nigeria projects 39.4m job losses by end of 2020

  A team charged with developing Nigeria’s economic recovery plan from the coronavirus pandemic says about 39.4 million people could be jobless by the end of 2020 if the government fails to act.   The Committee on Economic Sustainability Plan, led by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, said restrictions imposed to prevent […]

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200 investors set for Nigeria’s 45 gas flare sites

In its efforts to reduce the 320 billion cubic feet of gas (bcf) of gas flared in 2019, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), has announced the short listing of 200 companies to develop 45 gas flare sites across the country under the Nigeria Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme (NGFCP). Speaking […]

I’m committed to new minimum wage soon – Buhari
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I’m committed to new minimum wage soon – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said he was committed to ensuring that the nation’s workers get a new minimum wage as soon as possible. Buhari made the promise at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, shortly after receiving the report of the Tripartite Committee on New Minimum Wage from the Chairman, Amal […]