Immediate past Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, yesterday said the nation’s 2019 budget had a funding gap of N102.83 billion. He, however, linked the development to the increase made by the National Assembly. During the public presentation of the budget signed into law on Monday by President Muhammadu Buhari, Udoma insisted…

Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma has said Nigeria is not likely to achieve the seven per cent target of the Economic and Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP) by 2020.

The Federal Government stated yesterday that there was no cause for alarm over the country’s rising debt profile. Nigeria’s total debt profile as at December 31, 2018 was N24.387 trillion, showing an increase of 12.25 ....

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, on Wednesday in Abuja allayed fears over the oil price benchmark for the 2019 budget.

Nigeria’s delegation to the 2019 edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, made a strong case for the country’s economic priorities within the development policy framework of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP).

To finance its fiscal and infrastructure deficits owing to paucity of funds, the Federal Government had borrowed about N1.16 trillion from the equities market in 2018, including the maiden N100 billion Sukuk designed to fund critical road network across the country.

Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Heineken Lokpobiri, has said farmers who leverage on the successes...

President Muhammadu Buhari says he is yet to get a date from the National Assembly for the presentation of the 2019 appropriation bill.The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, who made the disclosure yesterday in Abuja,...

The launch of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) attracted not only applause, but renewed optimism on the country’s possible return...

Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma has said that the Federal Government is making good progress in its efforts to revive and resuscitate the economy.

The Nigerian government said it has disbursed over N120 billion to about 800,000 farmers in the country since the commencement of Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP). Minister of Economic planning and budget, Udoma Udo Udoma, made the disclosure at the 42nd Annual Conference of Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) in Lagos on…

Nigeria's minister for budget and national planning Udoma Udo Udoma said all 774 local government areas in the country will have internet connectivity in the next four years. The minister gave the assurance while speaking at the 42nd Annual Conference of Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) in Lagos on Thursday. “One…