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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Dr Okechukwu Enelamah, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment said on Tuesday that the two years of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has been result-oriented, though challenging. Enelamah stated this in Abuja at a Town Hall Meeting organised to celebrate the achievements of President Buhari Administration’s two years in office. He said though there had been challenges occasioned by the battered economy inherited from the previous administration, but that the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment had recorded some achievements. The minister said part of the vision of the ministry, was to champion the course of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) through the implementation of the Nigerian Industrial Revolution Plan, in line with the aspirations of the Federal Government. He said the ministry was also working on an executive order on ‘Ease of Doing Business,’ adding that the idea was to make Nigeria one of the most attractive destinations ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Senate has expressed concern over the failure of Government agencies to submit their 2017 budget proposal to the National Assembly in line with extant law. Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah who drew the attention of his colleagues to the abnormality during  plenary on Tuesday, said it is wrong for agencies to spend money that has not been appropriated by the legislature. Na’Allah told the Senate that he intends to bring the issue to the floor as a motion so that Senators will understand the implications and the need to assist the government to fight corruption. “I deliberately decided that I will bring it on the floor, so that Senators will understand the implications,” Na’Allah said. “In our commitment to assist this government to fight corruption, we must stand on our feet that every spirit of our law must be obeyed by those holding public offices. I think that if you permit me, I will like to come tomorrow by way of motion, so it can be...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Federal Government says it provided free surgeries to 4,349 patients and screened 17, 793 indigent Nigerians in 2016. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, disclosed this in a statement issued by Mrs Boade Akinola, Director Media and Public Relations of the ministry, on Tuesday in Abuja. The statement said the ministry had set a target to conduct 10,150 free surgeries and screenings to help alleviate the sufferings of some indigent Nigerians who cannot afford to pay. According to the statement, the ministry also carried out over 200,000 nutritional interventions to Nigerians suffering from malnutrition in the North East. It said the nutritional intervention has since been scaled up to become a full fledge project of the “Health Sector Nutrition and Emergency Response’’. It explained that the project delivered a set of comprehensive health interventions and emergency services in the troubled region. It said that the programme was a promise kept by ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is to host the maiden edition of its Real Estate Investment (REIT) conference in Lagos on May 23. NSE said in a statement in Lagos on Monday that the conference would have the theme: “Real Estate Investment Trust in sub-Sahara Africa: The role of The Capital Market”. It said that the conference would bring together decision makers, policy-makers, government officials and private sector players, among others. REITs are investment vehicles that can be traded on a stock exchange and are primarily involved in investing and owning income-generating real estate assets. They allow both small and large investors to invest in portfolios of large-scale properties without actually having to go through the rigours of buying or financing property. The NSE said that participants at the conference would share experiences and explore growth potential and opportunities inherent in the REITs market in Nigeria and Sub-Sahara Africa. It said th...