Tag: says FG
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Only federal university students eligible for loans for now, says FG
The federal government has announced that the student loan scheme will initially be available only to applicants from federal universities, as the program will be implemented in phases. This information was disclosed by Akintunde Sawyerr, the managing director of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), during a conference in Abuja on Monday. “We will…
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May Day: Lecturers, doctors, others to benefit from pay rise, says FG
Lecturers, doctors and other categories of civil servants under the Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure, Consolidated Medical Salary Scale, popularly known as CONMESS, CONHESS, CONTISS salary scales, will benefit from an undisclosed percentage of pay rise, Nigeria’s Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Chris Ngige, disclosed on Monday. Speaking during the commemoration of the 2023…
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Nigerians to pay 5% tax on telephone call, text msgs, data, says FG
The Federal Government has disclosed that telecommunications subscribers would pay five per cent tax on calls, SMS and data services. Meanwhile, stakeholders in the industry have expressed dissatisfaction over government’s resolve to implement five per cent excise duty on all telecommunications services in Nigeria. Speaking in Abuja yesterday at the Stakeholders Consultative Forum on Implementation…
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$300m transferred to poor Nigerians in four years, says FG
The Federal Government has disbursed about $300m to the poor and vulnerable in its National Social Register through N5,000 cash transfers in four years. This was disclosed by the National Coordinator, National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office, Mr Apera Iorwa, in an exclusive interview with Sunday Punch. The agency, which is under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian…