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As Ecowas Covid-19 Champion, President Buhari Demands Economic Recovery Plan
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the ECOWAS Commission to come up with an economic recovery plan to help member-states to recover from the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking Thursday at a virtual meeting with the President of the Commission, Jean Kassi-Brou, President Buhari, in his capacity as the ECOWAS COVID-19 Champion, agreed […]
Statement by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on the Occasion of the Presentation of the Economic Sustainability Plan to President Muhammadu Buhari
Your Excellency, Mr. President Honourable Ministers Secretary to the Government of the Federation Chief of Staff to the President Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Ladies and Gentlemen Mr. President, in the very early days of the emergence of the COVID-19 crisis, you constituted a […]
Readout of ESC Interaction with NASS Leaders
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, led the members of the Economic Sustainability Committee in an interaction this afternoon with the leadership of the National Assembly on the draft Sustainability Plan, ahead of the submission of the Plan to the President. The virtual meeting, anchored from the Presidential Villa, was attended by the Senate President, Speaker […]
President Buhari to AfDB President, Adesina: I’ll Stand by You
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria will stand solidly behind Dr Akinwumi Adesina in his bid to get re-elected as President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) The President spoke at State House, Abuja, Tuesday, while hosting Dr Adesina on a courtesy visit. “In 2015, when you were to be elected for the first term, I […]
Buhari Administration Fifth Anniversary Factsheet (May 2020)
ECONOMY AGRICULTURE • The Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) of the Central Bank of Nigeria, launched by President Muhammadu Buhari on November 17, 2015, has made available more than 200 billion Naira in funding to more than 1.5 million smallholder farmers of 16 different commodities (Rice, Wheat, Maize, Cotton, Cassava, Poultry, Soy Beans, Groundnut, Fish), cultivating […]
President Buhari’s Strides in Five Years, by Presidency
May 29, 2020, marks the end of the first year of the second four-year term of the Muhammadu Buhari administration, and the fifth year of the government in office. Between May 29, 2015, when it was inaugurated for the first term, and now, the Buhari administration has made salutary impact in almost all the facets […]
President Buhari to Observe Eid with Family at Home
With the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations around the corner and the month-long Ramadan fast coming to an end, President Muhammadu Buhari will be conducting his Eid prayers with his family at home. This is in observance of the lockdown measures in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, put in place “to save lives and protect people from all […]
FG, States to Work Together on Forthcoming Economic Sustainability Plan
*NEC, in first virtual meeting, sets up Committee to liaise with PTF on reopening economy across the country Members of the National Economic Council rose from their first virtual meeting today with a resolution to ensure a more effective synergy between the Federal Government and the sub-nationals especially in matters related to the fallouts of […]
Post-COVID-19: What President Buhari is Doing, And will do, by Presidency
There is global anxiety on what the future holds for humanity post-COVID-19, particularly in respect of the economy, healthcare, job security, and general wellbeing. Naturally, Nigerians are not immune from the disquietude, as they belong to the global community. Below is a checklist of some measures that President Muhammadu Buhari has taken, and will further […]
COVID-19: President Buhari Urges Governors to Work Closely with PTF
Governors should work closely with the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, to engender better harmony in the daunting task of checking the pandemic, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The President spoke during an online meeting Monday with the Governors’ Forum, disclosing that the PTF had briefed him on next steps in the national response […]
President Buhari Receives Madagascan COVID-19 Herbal “Drug” from Guinea Bissau’s President Embalo
President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday at the State House, Abuja, received the Madagascan native formulation against the Covid-19 pandemic, and reiterated that he will listen to science before allowing traditional or any new medicines to be administered on Nigerians. At an audience meeting with President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau who brought along with him […]
President Buhari Rejoices with Dele Momodu at 60
President Muhammadu Buhari greets journalist/publisher, Ayobamidele Abayomi Ojútelégàn Àjàní Momodu, popularly known as Dele Momodu, on the occasion of his 60th birthday May 16, 2020. The President congratulates Momodu on hitting the milestone in good health and sound mind, wishing him greater contributions to the further emancipation of Nigeria in the years and decades to […]
