Last Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari presented to the joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja, N8.612 trillion 2018 Appropriation Bill. In this interview with GANIYU OBAARO, a financial expert, Mr. Azeez A. Adeleke, FCIB, examines some key issues in the budget, including sectoral allocation, foreign exchange, diversification, taxation and job creation. Excerpts How would […]
Following the successful election of Comrade Benjamin Anthony of Federal Housing Authority (FHA) Abuja as the president of the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE), the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has firmed that this would be a new dawn in the campaign against water […]
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state has expressed the commitment of Lagos government to providing affordable housing through partnership with the private sector. The governor made this known at the Second Nigeria Real Estate Summit and Expo held in Lagos on Tuesday. In his keynote address, the Lagos governor identified housing deficit as one of […]
One of the fundamental steps to advancing development in emerging markets is giving low-income people a secure place to live. As a banker who has successfully assembled financing to help builders construct low-income housing in some of the world’s most challenging regions from Honduras to South Africa, I know that it is possible to provide […]