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11 Apr 19
Public services and infrastructure in Nigeria are under strain and the country must diversify its revenue sources says the IMF.
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5 Dec 18
The Nigerian central government will hand $700m to local authorities to improve governance and public financial management, the president has said.
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30 Oct 18
Nigerian states are lagging behind in the adoption of international accounting standards, the country’s accountant general has warned.
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2 Aug 18
A Nigerian accountancy body is pushing for accountability and enhanced management of public funds at all levels of the government through its new index.
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24 Jul 18
The UK will help Nigeria to build a sustainable economy and enable rural communities to become self-sufficient, Britain’s international development secretary has pledged.
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17 Jul 18
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria plans to introduce an accountability performance assessment index for the public sector.
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5 Jul 18
France and Nigeria have signed agreements for $475m worth of financing to help the African country with its development.
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22 Jun 18
Nigerian legislators have finally signed off the nation’s much-delayed budget for this year but the president warned their changes would make it difficult to implement.
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12 Jun 18
Nigeria’s government has been urged by a non-governmental organisation to hasten implementation of the delayed 2018 budget and ensure it improves welfare.
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17 Apr 18
The African Development Bank is to lend $20m to a private healthcare company in Nigeria to help improve hospital and other specialist health facilities in Lagos State.
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9 Mar 18
The UK will pay £700,000 for a new wing in one of Nigeria’s prisons to help free up space in British jails, Boris Johnson has announced.
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4 Aug 17
Nigeria should act urgently to develop policies to enhance its economic recovery, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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16 Nov 16
Christopher Nyong has been appointed to the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board, it was announced last week.
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19 Aug 16
Nigeria has long had a reputation for dishonest dealings. Last year, Muhammadu Buhari was voted back into power, promising to clean up the country in the teeth of some serious opposition. How much...
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11 Aug 16
After holding the position for more than two years, Nigeria has lost the title of Africa’s largest economy in dollar terms to South Africa, Bloomberg reported yesterday.
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5 Jul 16
Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to rebuild the troubled but oil-rich Niger Delta region and called for patience and understanding from citizens.
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4 Apr 16
The fall in oil prices has “decimated” Nigerian government revenues and slashed the country’s GDP growth from 6.3% in 2014 to an estimated 2.7% last year, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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1 Mar 16
The Nigerian finance ministry has announced savings of 2.29bn naira ($11.5m) after an audit revealed almost 24,000 non-existent workers on the government’s payroll.
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3 Feb 16
The government of Nigeria has appealed for a $1bn budget support loan from the African Development Bank and for greater collaboration on its development priorities.
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6 Jan 16
Nigeria should build resilience and bolster its public financial management as global financial conditions challenge its economy, the International Monetary Fund’s managing director has said.
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1 Oct 15
Arunma Oteh, new vice president and treasurer at the World Bank, talks exclusively to PFI about thinking big on global development goals, ending poverty and her ambitions for the job
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25 Sep 15
“Massive and transformational” universal health coverage programmes are reducing the number of people impoverished by paying for the health care, a World Bank report has found.
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20 Jul 15
Developing capacity for better government accounting: a panel debate recorded at the CIPFA International Seminar in London on 7 July 2015:
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10 Jul 15
The former president of Nigeria’s accounting institute has called for a strategy to ensure politicians and other decision makers can understand financial statements.
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25 Jun 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.