The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has revealed that it received zero disbursements from its N1.2 billion capital budget allocation for the 2025 fiscal year. Appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Health Institutions in February 2026, the Registrar of the MDCN, Dr. Fatima Kyari, disclosed that the total lack of capital […]
The formal withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) has created a significant funding gap in Nigeria’s public health sector, forcing a critical reassessment of the national health budget. As the WHO’s largest financial contributor, the United States provided the primary resource base for global initiatives targeting infectious diseases, maternal health, […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday stepped down memos for some major inherited projects requiring additional funding. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, while addressing State House reporters after the council meeting, said most of the projects concerned are under the Federal Ministry of Works. READ ALSO: Eight new Permanent Secretaries […]
Up-and-coming artiste, Oluwatobiloba Omowole with stage name Toby Top-notch said focus and adequate funding were keys to having a great musical career. Toby, a Lawyer, disclosed this during his album listening party at Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos. The 26-year-old Afrofusion artiste said independent artistes were usually faced with lots of challenges especially lack of funding […]
Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega has said the current leadership of the Commission has made significant and commendable progress since taking over in November 2015. Jega who spoke as a keynote speaker at the National Judicial Institute in a paper titled, “Towards Elections with Integrity in 2019, Challenges and […]
The national chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie Oyegun, has said funding and financing is strategic problem confronting the party at the moment describing it as a great challenge. The chairman reviewing the state of the party to APC Governors in a meeting with the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) at […]
Recently, the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) called on the Federal Government to adequately fund small businesses in order to achieve price stability and increase aggregate output in the Nigerian economy. According to the chamber, the Federal Government should develop policies that will enhance accessibility of funds to these enterprises in order to leapfrog Nigeria’s […]