Federal Government Meets Investors on the Issuance of Sovereign Green Bonds

“Nigeria is committed to sustainable economic development. The Lagos Event is a concrete step in the process of developing and issuing our 2017 sovereign green bonds program ‘- Amina Mohammed, Minister of Environment.

Nigeria’s aspiration to become a green economy inches closer as The Federal Government meet investors and Capital Markets Operators in Lagos for the first ever Green Bonds Conference.

Themed “Green Bonds: Investing in Nigeria’s Sustainable Development”, the Conference is organized by the Federal Ministry Environment in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Finance and Debt Management Office and will take place on Thursday, the 23rd of February 2016 at the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Lagos.

Acting President Osinbajo signs seven bills into law

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has signed into law Pension Rights of Judges (Amendment) Act, 2017, and six other bills passed by the National Assembly.

This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang.

Mr. Osinbajo is acting on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari, who is on an extended medical vacation in the United Kingdom.

SYMBOLISM MATTERS

Symbolism matters in leadership. Many members of the Nigerian ruling class do not realize this. In three weeks of being acting president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has not done anything substantively different from what President Buhari has been doing for almost two years. He has not healed a broken economy, tamed inflation, stemmed the collapse of the naira, improved power, or engineered a miraculous infrastructural renaissance. Nor has he dealt a final, decisive blow on Boko Haram. In other words, he has not changed the governing paradigm of the APC/Buhari administration and has thus not fundamentally altered how the administration is perceived and evaluated. It is still a calamitous administration on several fronts.

To those who are protesting: WE HEAR YOU loud and clear - Acting President

The Nigerian Vice and Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has reacted to the potesting Nigerians that the Federal Government Heard them Loud and Clear.

The Acting President who made statement on his Facebook wall said: "To those who are protesting, WE HEAR YOU loud and clear, those who are on the streets protesting the economic situation and even those who are not, but feel the pain of economic hardship. We hear you loud and clear. You deserve a decent life and and we are working night and day to make life easier."

BREAKING NEWS: President Buhari Writes Senate Seeking a Ten Days Leave

President Muhammadu Buhari writes Senate seeking a ten days LEAVE between 23rd January to 6th February 2017.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is to serve as Acting President in Buhari's absence.


Letter read on the floor of the Senate by Senate President Bukola Saraki at Thursday's plenary.

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