The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said the nation’s tax to Gross Domestic Product ratio of seven per cent of GDP is not sufficient to build a strong economy. Okonjo-Iweala said this during a presentation at the spring meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary […]
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Opposition as Reps move to abridge CBN autonomy
Stakeholders in the financial sector, including a former Minister of Finance, Mr. Adamu Ciroma, and an ex-Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Chief Joseph Sanusi, on Monday, opposed the bid by the House of Representatives to tamper with the CBN autonomy. They cautioned the House against altering the globally accepted trend, […]
FG to inaugurate SWF by year end–Okonjo-Iweala
The Minister of Finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said on Monday that the Federal Government would inaugurate the Sovereign Wealth Fund by the end of the year. Okonjo-Iweala said on the sidelines of a conference in London that the government would announce the management team […]