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The fundamentals of the 2019 budget are under threat as crude oil price slumped again yesterday to flatten at $60 per barrel, the same benchmark on which the N8.8 trillion budget was predicated.

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Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has said that the country would achieve 7 per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with the successful implementation of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). He noted that the ERGP was entirely different from other economic plans introduced by the previous administration, based on its objectives priorities and targets. The VP stated this in …

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The Ministry of Budget and National Planning today (Tuesday) held an Open Day to mark the end of the first phase of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) Focus Labs. It was an opportunity to present the outcomes of the labs which took place over a six week period in Abuja (from March 12 to April 20) and focused on six …

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The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, has said President Muhammadu Buhari will at the banquet hall of the State House in Abuja on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, officially launch the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). focus labs which is one of the initiatives undertaken to ensure the full and effective implementation of the plan. …

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The Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) Focus Labs scheduled to start on March 12, 2018 will focus on delivering quick and fast results to the citizens by identifying actionable projects, removing roadblocks and developing an enabling framework for the sector, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma told investors in Lagos on Thursday. The Minister …

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In continuation of the Executive/Legislative engagement on critical plans and activities of government, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma on Wednesday evening briefed a joint session of the National Assembly leadership on the Economic recovery focus labs which kicks off in Abuja, next month. The Minister explained that the focus labs are aimed at driving the …

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday inaugurated the Core Working Groups of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) Focus Labs with a charge to stakeholders to work collaboratively as one entity focused on getting new investment commitments and assisting investors think through implementation. While inaugurating the group in Abuja, the Vice President said the Working Group comprising senior public officers from …

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Representatives of state governments on Wednesday met in Abuja at a workshop organized by the Ministry of Budget and National Planning as part of the integration process by the Federal Government to ensure full participation of sub-regional governments in the Focus Labs scheduled to commence next month. At the meeting, the Minister, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, explained that the workshop …

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* Urges planners and experts to develop measures to accelerate momentum Top planners, policy experts and managers in the country have been urged to focus attention on the development of more measures capable of sustaining and accelerating the momentum of activities in the country’s economic recovery and growth efforts. Budget and National Planning Minister, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, who made …

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has inaugurated a N10 billion farmer-to-finance fund set up by the Association of Non-Bank Micro-Finance Institutions of Nigeria (ANMFIN).Inaugurating the fund in Abuja recently, Osinbajo said it would assist agribusinesses to access funds and reduce poverty rate among unbanked rural farmers. The vice president who was represented by the Managing Director of the Bank of Industry …

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