Zainab Ahmed

Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed Monday joined other tax experts to advocate digitisation of tax administration to overcome challenges in the system. Speaking Monday in Abuja, during the opening ceremony of the 42nd Technical Conference of…

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed will on Wednesday presents a comprehensive breakdown of the highlights of the N20.51 trillion 2023 Budget estimates. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Friday, 19th of…

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed on Tuesday put the estimated cost of financing Nigeria's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at US$100 billion. She disclosed this while declaring open the 52nd…

I am very pleased to be here today to present the 2023 Budget Proposals at this Joint Session of the National Assembly. This is the last time I will be laying the budget of the Federal Government of Nigeria before the National Assembly.…

The Federal Government has suspended the proposed excise duty on telecommunication services scheduled to take off in 2023. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, announced this in Abuja Monday during the inaugural…

The Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) Company has signed a cooperation agreement with EXIST at EXIST’s campus in Maslak, Turkey. At the ceremony, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, said that…

The Fiscal Responsibility Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) has received support from the International Monetary Fund, IMF, in the area of capacity development. Following the approval of the Minister of Finance, Budget and National…

The Minister of Finance and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has disclosed that Nigeria spends N18.69 billion daily on petroleum subsidies. She stated this on Thursday when she appeared before the House of Representatives ad hoc…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has received over N68billion between January and June, 2022 from excise duty on beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages, cigarettes and tobacco, among several others. The receipt is through the…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Friday launched an applications platform to monitor crude oil theft in the country. The company launched the app in Abuja at the signing of renewed Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs)…