The practice of democracy in Nigeria just received a boost as the government now fears the people, as opposed to the people being afraid of government. The assertion above is underscored and illustrated by the fact that following persistent demonstrations…
Full text of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 60th Independence Day address Oct 1, 2020
Fellow Nigerians I speak to you today as your President and fellow citizen on this epoch occasion of our country’s 60th independence Anniversary. As President, I wish to renew my appreciation to Nigerians for entrusting me with your hopes and…
Coronavirus and the president’s 10-year plan to take 100 million Nigerians out of poverty – Chief Newton Jibunoh
I was very elated and proud when Mr President made the speech during the 2020 annual budget submission to the National Assembly. Months ago, I wrote an article in my weekly column titled; ‘A hungry man is an angry man’.…
Monarchs, officials sabotaging TraderMoni –Presidency (Punch)
The Presidency on Thursday alleged that some traditional rulers and government officials were sabotaging the Social Investment Programme by collecting bribes from the poor beneficiaries of the N10,000 TraderMoni scheme. The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on the SIP, Maryam Uwais,…
Kwara understudies TraderMoni to fight poverty
The Kwara State government is understudying the TraderMoni programme of the federal government to extend soft loans to traders and reduce mass poverty in the state. “On Friday, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq visited the Abuja headquarters of the Government Enterprise and…
Read the full text of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s speech at 11th Bola Tinubu Colloquium
LONG READ We are here for the 11th edition of the Bola Tinubu Colloquium. This is a yearly development gathering where we try to question and interrogate some of the difficult questions on economic and social development, not just in…
‘30,000 petty traders have received TraderMoni loans since after elections’
The TraderMoni scheme and other GEEP micro-credit products (MarketMoni and FarmerMoni) are still very much in operation, Mr. Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity to the President (Office of the Vice President), has said. The products…
TraderMoni: OBJ is either ignorant or mischievous – Presidency
The statement purportedly attributed to former president Olusegun Obasanjo regarding Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, and the Federal Government’s TraderMoni microcredit scheme if, indeed true and accurate, is most unfortunate, according to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on…
*Tradermoni, good gesture, bad execution — Onitiri, Lagos PDP senatorial candidate (Vanguard) * Gowon’s prayer group holds special service in Lagos (Nation)
Tradermoni, good gesture, bad execution — Onitiri, Lagos PDP senatorial candidate (Vanguard) The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Lagos Central Senatorial District, Chief Adesunbo Onitiri, has criticised the on-going distribution of Tradermoni by the Federal Government to traders in…
Attack on TraderMoni is on hard-working Nigerians, says VP spokesperson
The call by some individuals to suspend TraderMoni, one of the microcredit schemes of the Buhari administration’s Social Investment Programme (SIP), is both unbelievable and unfortunate, Mr. Laolu Akande, spokesperson to the Vice President, has said. Akande, who was reacting…