How I Inherited Collapsed Education, Economy, Security From Matawalle – Zamfara Governor
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has lamented that the immediate past administration refused to pay examination fees of the students for the West African Examination Council, WAEC, and National Examination Council, NECO, for three years. Lawal explained that the government was owing the two examination bodies the sum of N3.4 billion Naira which he said resulted in the total collapse of the education sector in the State. Governor Lawal, who spoke through the State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Hon. Mannir Mu’azu Haidara, explained that the immediate past Government owed WAEC N1.8 billion, while it owed NECO N1.6 billion.
unemployment rate threatens economy, says Emefiele
Expresses fear that Nigeria may slide into another round of economic crisis if The high unemployment rate in the country may push the economy into crisis, the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele has warned. Emefiele, who delivered a lecture yesterday at the University of Benin, expressed fear that Nigeria may slide into another round of economic crisis if measures are not taken to tackle the high rate of unemployment. In a lecture entitled, “Beyond the Global Financial Crisis: Monetary Policy Under Global Uncertainty”, the CBN governor said the world’s economy was going through some uncertainties and
Economy In Bad Shape, President Buhari Admits
--- You just admitted you have failed, please excuse us, Fayose tells Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has told Governors of the 36 states of the federation that the economy of the country was in a bad shape. The President met with the Governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja for about 30 minutes on Friday. Speaking with State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Abdulaziz Yari said the President told them to tighten their belts ahead. On what the President’s response was, he said: “The President responded by thanking and telling
