Aso Villa Reads for Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2021
Every day, we bring you the best stories that the Media is reporting about the Government of Nigeria
The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate in charge of the administration of pensions of federal retirees under the Defined Benefits Scheme said it paid N6.2bn arrears to 16,210 pensioners. It disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday titled ‘PTAD clears pension arrears of 16,210 pensioners, pays N6.2bn’ that this amount included those paid to next of kin of deceased pensioners. [Punch]
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday approved the appointment of Dr Oyebode Oyetunde as Executive Director for Nigeria at the African Development Bank in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire. The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement. According to the statement, before the appointment, Oyetunde was Senior Special Assistant to the President on Finance and Fiscal Policy as well as Legal Matters in the Office of the Chief of Staff to President. [Punch]
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was on Tuesday conferred with the Niger Republic’s highest national honour, Grand Croix Des Ordre National Du Niger. He was conferred with the honour by the country’s outgoing President, Mahamadou Issoufou. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement titled “President Buhari receives highest Niger Republic award, congratulates outgoing President Mahamadou Issoufou on Mo Ibrahim prize.[Punch]
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Niyi Adebayo, has inaugurated the governing board of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), with a charge on members to boost the activities of the organisation. The board was inaugurated alongside the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Tribunal, which is chaired by Hajia Saratu Shafii.[This Day]
The Federal Government on Tuesday distributed the sum of N20,000 to 3270 vulnerable rural women across Osun state under its conditional cash transfer programme. Speaking at the event held at Staff Development Centre, Abere in Osogbo, Osun State, the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sarita Umar Faruk said 1,635 of the beneficiaries are women with disability.[Vanguard]
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) Plc has partnered the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) on agricultural mechanisation. The initiative is expected to create 110,000 jobs. Under the agreement, NIRSAL is engaging NASENI as its technical collaborative partner for the conceptualisation, design, development, deployment, implementation and execution of various schemes/projects under the NIRSAL-NASENI Comprehensive Tractor Recovery Scheme.[This Day]
Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite says gold has been discovered along the Abuja, Nasarawa axis through the National Integrated Mineral Exploration Project, NIMEP, program undertaken by the ministry. The Minister added that the NIMEP project which had cost the ministry N15 billion had generated geoscience data that had foreign investors excited about the mining prospects in the country.[VON]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mahmoud Isa-Dutse as Executive Director on the Board of Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) in Jedda, Saudi Arabia. Mr Dutse is the immediate past Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning. He has enormously interacted with development partners and international financial institutions during his tenure as Permanent Secretary. [Premium Times]
The Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Communications Commission have imposed a new charge for mobile banking services in the country, in a bid to end a row between banks and telecoms operators. From Wednesday, March 16, phone users using their devices for mobile banking will be charged a flat rate of N6.98 per transaction, the regulators announced Tuesday, a move likely to hurt gains made in expanding financial inclusion in the country. [Premier Times]
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