Tag: Finance

2025 Retreat in Adamawa Highlights Need for Smarter Public Spending

Shidali Khadijat Ajechi

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has called for more innovative and strategic public spending practices that reflect Nigeria’s current fiscal challenges. Speaking through his Deputy, Professor Kaletapwa George Farauta, he made the call during the 2025 Ministerial Performance Management Retreat organized by the Federal Ministry of Finance. Held at the Banquet Hall of the Government House in Yola, the retreat was themed “Strengthening Performance Management for Fiscal Stability.” It brought together senior officials and stakeholders from the Ministry of Finance to review previous achievements, align policies, and develop…

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Reps Customs Move to Boost 2024 Revenue Target to N6 Trillion: Unveiling Strategic Measures for Fiscal Success

oluwatobi enitan

The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, in collaboration with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has decided to revise the revenue target for 2024, elevating it from the initial N5 trillion proposed by the NCS to a new goal of N6 trillion. During a session in Abuja on Monday, Rep. Abubakar Bitchi, the committee’s chairman, urged Mr. Adewale Adeniyi, the Comptroller General of NCS, to contemplate an increase in the targeted revenue. Bitchi expressed the committee’s satisfaction if the NCS could aim for N6 trillion in revenue for the fiscal…

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