Tag: FINANCIAL

Financial leakages fuelling insecurity in Nigeria – Aregbesola

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing. The Minister of Interior, Ra’uf Aregbesola, made this known yesterday, in Abuja, at the inauguration of a 10-member Inter-Ministerial Committee set up to implement the adoption and implementation of the assigned roles to the ministry. This, he said, was based on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) implementation roadmap adopted by the Federal Government. According to an issued statement yesterday, by the Ministry of Interior’s Director of Press, Afonja Ajibola, Aregbesola said a great…

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Local Government Financial and administrative autonomy: Time to act is now

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Yusuf Ishaku Goje. The ambitious policy statement by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, of pulling out a hundred million despondent Nigerians out of poverty will only be a mirage unless the delivery of social services is taken closer to the people. Over the years, both the Federal and State government have proven incapable of addressing gaps that hinder effective and inclusive grassroots development. Massoud Omar, in the book Impressions and Facts (published by the Centre for Democratic Development Research and Training) succinctly justifies the above paragraph, when he stated, “The…

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