Tag: ‘428 Nigerian Agencies cash trapped

Easter: The Can Milk Advert That Turned CAN Against Peak Milk

Abibat Babalola and Ganiyu Amodu

Retract advert, Apologise to Christians or face legal action and product boycott – CAN tells FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC . Accept our apologies and pledge to avoid a recurrence in the future – FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC   Peak Milk manufacturer, FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc, has apologised to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for using the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as a metaphor to promote their product on Good Friday, stating that the social media advertisement has been removed. The CAN has condemned FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC, makers of…

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No Nigerian Researcher Signifies Interest to Access $50m R&D funds – NCDMB

ADEOLA YUSUF

Oil minister, Timipre Sylva, to launch $50m interventions at NCDMB 2021 R&D fair – Wabote   Nigerian researchers are yet to access the $50 million earmarked by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for Research and Development (R&D). Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, Simbi Wabote, a civil engineer, who declared this in Lagos during a press conference to herald the 2021 R&D fair, maintained that the minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, would officially launch the $50 million R&D fund at the fair slated for…

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428 Nigeria Agencies cash trapped, can’t pay workers’ salaries month end

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Director General of the Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, has said about 428 government agencies will not be able to pay salaries by the end of November. Akabueze stated this when he appeared before Senate Committee on Public Accounts in an interface on Tuesday. He hinged the development on the new minimum wage. He however said that Federal government will need to fund from the servicewide vote in order to cater for the shortfall in Civil Servants salaries for November. According to him: “Four hundred and twenty-eight agencies will not…

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