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Amazon opens a new retail store in New York on Thursday selling a range of products from the online colossus that gets top ratings from customers.
The brick-and-mortar outlet in New York’s trendy Soho neighborhood will sell consumer electronics, kitchen, home, toys, books, and games, and “chose only the products that customers have rated 4 stars and above, or are top sellers, or are new and trending,” Amazon said in a statement.
Amazon has previously opened physical stores that sell books and has had pop-up outlets in some locations, but Amazon 4-Star is a new concept that offers a variety of goods in different categories.
“We created Amazon 4-Star to be a place where customers can discover products they will love,” a company statement said.
“Amazon 4-Star’s selection is a direct reflection of our customers — what they’re buying and what they’re loving.”
Amazon, one of the world’s most valuable companies whose growth has made founder Jeff Bezos the world’s richest person, has been in recent years moving increasingly to physical stores.
It has opened more than a dozen Amazon Books stores that sell top-selling titles and some additional merchandise. And it has acquired the grocery chain Whole Foods, which has several hundred stores.
Amazon has also introduced a handful of concept Amazon Go grocery stores that operate without cashiers, with purchases automatically scanned and billed to customer accounts.
AFP
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Nigeria appears to have taken a softer stance on Africa’s leading mobile operator MTN, assuring stakeholders that a dispute over the repatriation of $8.13 in dividends will be “resolved”. 
Talking to reporters in Abuja following a monetary policy committee meeting on Tuesday, Nigeria’s central bank governor Godwin Emefiele said: “we’ll resolve the matter.”
“Everyone will be happy,” Emefiele was quoted as saying by Bloomberg News.
In August, Nigeria shocked South Africa’s MTN and foreign investors when it ordered the telecoms giant to pay back $8.13 billion (6.96 billion euros) that it allegedly illegally took out of the country, and fined four banks involved in the transfer.
Days later, in early September, President Muhammadu Buhari’s attorney general followed up with another $2 billion tax fine.
With the economy still fragile after a deep recession in 2016 and elections looming early next year, many private sector players in Nigeria believe the move could dent investor sentiment.
It is not the first time MTN has been sanctioned by the Nigerian authorities.
In 2015, MTN was fined $5.2 billion by Nigeria’s telecoms regulator NCC for failing to disconnect unregistered SIM cards on its network.
The fine was later reduced to $1.7 billion after a series of negotiations with the Nigerian government.
AFP
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CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele
 
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee has voted to retain the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 14%.
Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, made the announcement on Tuesday during a press briefing in Abuja.
He also disclosed that the Cash Reserve Ratio is at 22.5 %, Liquidity Ratio at 30%, Asymmetric Corridor at +200 and -500 basis point.
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The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), says it has collected N12.66 in tax revenue, in less than a month after it went after bank accounts of defaulting taxpayers who are raking in billions in the country.
The Executive Chairman, FIRS, Tunde Fowler, disclosed this at the weekend when he received the new Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed during his spot visit to Revenue House, FIRS headquarters in Abuja.
Mrs Ahmed said, “The Ministry of Finance will continue to work collaboratively with FIRS to support all the efforts that you are doing. And as much as possible, we should interface frequently. For us, the directive I have is to increase the tax revenue and that is the most important task ahead of all of us. You have done well. And the reward for good work is more work”.
She urged the FIRS to “maintain the tempo” because literarily, the country depends on the work that FIRS does to shore-up the revenue collection to support the government.
She encouraged government agencies to work together to fish out all corrupt persons in the country, stating that this is President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive.
“The FIRS is a very important agency of government. I wanted to underscore this importance. FIRS is one of the first agencies in the Ministry of Finance that I am meeting. The Federal Government Medium Term Plan is hinged on diversifying the economy away from the oil revenues to non-oil sector. And the report that the Executive Chairman of FIRS has presented indicates that the diversification effort is working. This is reflected in the turn of the contribution of non-oil revenues over the last three years.
“I am happy that we have a team in FIRS that is not only expanding the revenue base but also significantly improving tax collection and taking tax offices closer to the people and making it easier for the people to pay their taxes by online and e-tax payment procedures that you have undertaken. And I am sure that, from what I have heard today, that you would continue with all these processes.
“I am also glad that you are increasing cooperation with several agencies like the EFCC, ICPC and Nigeria Customs Service. This is important because the directive from the president for anti-corruption involves cooperation within yourselves as well as with anti-corruption agencies. It makes a lot of sense to prioritise tax collection to larger categories: from the big ones to other ones. The effort you are doing in Abuja, Lagos and Osun –(on payment of taxes on the property using their turnover as the basis for assessment)- is a commendable one and I encourage you to maintain the tempo in generating tax revenues”, she added.
According to her, the country needs to continue with the efforts to strengthen the non-oil sector, stating that the part that FIRS should play is to continue with its efforts so that the non-oil sector would generate larger part of the tax revenue on a sustainable basis.
About a month ago, “the FIRS and I commenced substitution of the bank accounts of High Networth billionaire tax defaulters”, She further stated.
Fowler told the minister that the initiative has pooled about N12. 66 billion into the government coffers.
“FIRS wrote to all commercial banks in May 2018, requesting for a list of Companies, Partnerships, and Enterprises with a banking turnover of N1 billion and above. This activity is aimed at ascertaining those companies that are compliant with the Tax Laws and those that are not compliant. So far, non-compliant organization have paid about N12.66bn.
“The FIRS will continue to implement initiatives that will drive compliance and generate revenue by continuous taxpayer enlightenment, implementation of the Auto VAT Collect in other sectors of the economy, simplification of the tax processes especially for small taxpayers, strengthening collaborations with other agencies such as CAC, States Boards of Internal Revenue, Ministry of Trade and Investment, Nigeria Customs Service”, Fowler said.
The FIRS Chairman said that the Service realised the sum of N2.983 billion from payment on demand notices on property owners who are being assessed based on their turnover and that 653 of 2, 672 of such non-filers have starting filing now.
From enforcement, Fowler said the FIRS has collected a total of N47.5 billion from 2016 till date and $32.8 million dollars, £5.9 pounds, netted N225 billion from audit and has collected more than N1 trillion above its January to August collection last year (2017).
He said that FIRS’ collection of N4.03 trillion in 2017 has 62.25 percent as non-oil while oil is just 37.75 percent. It was 64.99 in favour of non-oil in 2016 and 35.01 for oil. In 2018, the FIRS has done 54.56 percent for non-oil and 45.44 percent for oil receipts.
He explained that Value Added Tax (VAT) receipt is on a steady increase. “So far in 2018, the FIRS has collected 773.49bn in eight months. The above collected this year has already surpassed that of 2015 (767.33bn) and is set to surpass 2016 (828.19bn), and 2017 (972.30bn) with four more collection months left in the year.
“E-stamp duties collection is on a steady increase. So far in 2018, the FIRS has collected 10.10bn in eight months. The above collected this year has already surpassed that of 2017 (10.9bn), 2016 (5.6bn), and 2015 (7.1bn)”, Fowler said.
Three weeks ago, the FIRS Chairman told stakeholders event in Lagos that substitution is allowed in the nation’s laws and empowers FIRS to appoint banks as collection agents for tax. “So, all these ones of TIN and no pay and no TIN and no pay, to the total of 6772 will have their accounts frozen or put under substitution pending when they come forward.
First, “they refused to come forward in 2016, they refused to come forward under VAT and are still operating here. So, we are putting them under notice that it is their civic responsibility to pay tax and to file returns on these accounts.
“We looked at all businesses, partnerships, corporate accounts that have a minimum turnover of N1 billion per annum for the past three years. First of all, the law states clearly that before you open a corporate account, part of the opening documentation is the tax I.D. From the 23 banks, we have analysed so far, we have 31,395 records, out of which effectively minus duplications we had 18,602.
“We broke those into three categories: Those that have TIN tax I.D, those that don’t have no TIN and of course no TIN no pay and those that have TIN and have not even paid anything. So, on a minimum, every company or business included here over the last three years have had a banking turnover of N3 billion and above. Some of them have had banking turnover of over N5 billion and have not paid one kobo in taxes. Now the total number of TIN and no pay is 6772.
“So, if someone is good in mathematics and you take the minimum level of N3 billion multiply by 409 and they are operating within our society and economy and do not remit or make any tax payment”, he further stated.
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Gwarzo
 
A Federal Capital Territory High Court has adjourned the trial of the suspended Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mounir Gwarzo, after the lead prosecutor Ibrahim Adeshina failed to show up in court for the continuation of the trial.
At the resumed hearing, a representative of the prosecutor Agbili Ezenwa told the court that his principal is out of the country and urged the court to grant an adjournment to enable him to appear at the next adjourned date.
Counsel to the former SEC DG, Abdulrasheed Al-Mustapha, in responding to the application, asked the court to direct the prosecution to open its conclude its case at the next adjourned date tenable for his client to enter a defence.
Justice Hussein Yusuf adjourned the matter to the October 18 and 19 respectively for the continuation of the trial.
Gwarzo is being arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) on a five-count charge of misappropriating 115 million naira.
ICPC also accused him of using his position to confer corrupt advantages upon himself when he received N104.8m as severance benefit when he was yet to retire.
He is also accused of receiving N10.98m in excess car grant among others.
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The Federal Government has sold its shares in the Nigerian Security, Printing and Minting Company (NSPM) to the Central Bank Of Nigeria at the cost of N12.4 billion.
Vice President Osibanjo while speaking at the official signing ceremony at the presidential villa on Tuesday explained that the sale will allow private sector participation in the company.
He added that this will bring the cutting-edge technology and innovation required for the company.
Professor Osinbajo also urged the Central Bank to ensure that Nigeria derives maximum benefit from the union.
The Chief Executive of the company, Joseph Ugbo appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to save resources by handing over the printing of all ballot papers and electoral materials for the 2019 elections to the company.
Ugbo said the NSPM has the capacity to handle it.
See photos from the official signing ceremony below…
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Minister of State Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed
 
The supervising Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, has said that Nigeria is facing serious revenue challenges and assured that the ministry will do everything possible to shore up the revenue base of the country.
The minister stated this on Monday when she assumed duties at the Ministry of Finance.
She said, “We have very serious revenue challenges and it is up to us to make sure we shore up the revenue base of the country.
“The President has a lot of confidence that we can do this if we work together. You are working for the President and at the end of the day, you’re working for the benefit of the citizens”.
She promised to work diligently to ensure that the country attains greater economic stability.
She charged the management staff of the Ministry to do all within their power to justify the confidence of the President in their ability to achieve a much needed economic turnaround in the country.
In a statement by the Director Information, Hassan Dodo, Ahmed expressed her readiness to ensure that there is “harmonious working relationship with the Permanent Secretary and management of the Ministry, whom she said are highly skilled”.
Speaking earlier, the Permanent Secretary, Dr Mahmoud Isa-Dutse assured that the management and staff of the Ministry will give her all the needed support in her duties.
Until her New role as the Supervising Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed is the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning.
She was directed to oversee the Ministry of Finance by President Muhammadu Buhari , after the resignation of former Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun on Friday, September 14, 2018.
She is a Fellow of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), a member of the Nigerian Institute of Taxation and the Nigerian Institute of Management. (NIM)
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International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde speaks at a press conference to mark the publication of 2018, Britain’s economy would suffer “substantial costs” should it leave the European Union in March with no divorce agreement, the International Monetary Fund warned Monday. John Stillwell / POOL / AFP
 
 
 
Britain’s economy would suffer “substantial costs” should it leave the European Union in March with no divorce agreement, the International Monetary Fund warned Monday.
Brussels and London have failed to resolve “fundamental” aspects of Brexit and this could leave London defaulting to World Trade Organisation (WTO) tariffs, the IMF said in its annual outlook on the UK economy.
“Fundamental questions — such as the future economic relationship between the two and the closely-related question of the status of the land border with Ireland — remain unanswered,” the institution noted in a statement.
“Resolving these questions is critical to avoid a ‘no-deal’ Brexit on WTO terms that would entail substantial costs for the UK economy — and to a lesser extent the EU economies — particularly if it were to occur in a disorderly fashion,” the IMF added.
The gloomy assessment contrasts with that of British Prime Minister Theresa May, who indicated last week that a no-deal Brexit would not be a disaster for Britain.
May remains confident of striking an acceptable deal with Brussels meanwhile.
The IMF forecast Monday that the British economy would grow by 1.5 percent in 2019, unchanged from its previous estimate.
However, the prediction is based on Britain sealing an EU divorce deal and transition period by the end of the year.
AFP
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The closing numbers are displayed after the closing bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on September 12, 2018, in New York DANIEL ROLAND / AFP
 
 
 
Asian markets sank on Monday following reports that Donald Trump is planning to hit China with another round of tariffs, dealing a blow to hopes for talks between the two economic giants.
Traders sent regional equities surging on Thursday and Friday as it emerged that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had offered to meet officials from Beijing to avert an all-out trade war.
However, The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal said the president had decided to impose 10 percent levies on $200 billion of Chinese imports and could make an announcement in the coming days.
That would come on top of the $50 billion already announced over the summer and would account for about half of China’s exports to the United States. Beijing has threatened to retaliate against any measures.
“Whether this is little more than the president using this leverage as a negotiating tactic, China officials will continue to be frustrated,” said Stephen Innes, head of Asia-Pacific trading at OANDA.
“This good cop bad cop routine continues to undermine Mr. Mnuchin’s efforts as it’s still not clear if anyone other the Trump himself is commissioned to cut a deal. And not too unexpectedly, and quite ominously, China could cancel the meeting.”
– Timing important –
Hong Kong led losses Monday, dropping 1.3 percent while Shanghai ended 1.1 percent off. Seoul and Singapore each lost 0.7 percent, while Taipei, Jakarta, and Mumbai also saw deep losses. Sydney edged 0.3 percent higher.
Tokyo was closed for a public holiday.
In early European trade London and Paris each fell 0.1 percent, while Frankfurt shed 0.5 percent.
But while investors were in a selling mood, some positives could be taken from reports that Trump was considering 10 percent tariffs instead of the feared 25 percent, said JP Morgan Asset Management global market strategist Kerry Craig.
“No more tariffs would still be the best outcome for the markets but with the US administration seemingly wanting to pursue its long-term strategic agenda against China, that’s unlikely to be the case, especially as there is little in the way of pain being felt by the US economy or equity market,” he said.
“Timing is also important when it comes to enacting any new tariffs. A staggered implementation is being the viewed as the best of a bad situation.”
On foreign exchanges, emerging market currencies continue to struggle as investors fret over a possible spillover from financial crises in Argentina, Turkey, and South Africa.
The Indian rupee was hovering around 72.53 to the dollar, near record lows, while the Indonesian rupiah is near a 20-year trough.
Other high-yielding units were also down, with South Korea’s won 0.9 percent lower and the Mexican peso shed 0.5 percent.
– Key figures around 0810 GMT –
Hong Kong – Hang Seng: DOWN 1.3 percent at 26,932.85 (close)
Shanghai – Composite: DOWN 1.1 percent at 2,651.79 (close)
Tokyo – Nikkei 225: Closed for a public holiday
London – FTSE 100: DOWN 0.1 percent at 7,297.58
Euro/dollar: UP at $1.1633 from $1.1627 at 2030 GMT on Friday
Pound/dollar: UP at $1.3083 from $1.3069
Dollar/yen: DOWN at 111.93 yen from 112.00 yen
Oil – West Texas Intermediate: UP 28 cents at $69.27 per barrel
Oil – Brent Crude: UP 25 cents at $78.34 per barrel
New York – Dow Jones: FLAT at 26,154.67.
AFP
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Vintage Volkswagen Beetle cars are parked in a row during a rally held as part of the 23rd anniversary of “World Wide VW Beetle Day”, in Bangalore on June 24, 2018. MANJUNATH KIRAN / AFP
 
Volkswagen announced on Thursday it would end production of its iconic “Beetle” cars in 2019 after adding a pair of final editions of the insect-inspired vehicles.
The curvy-topped sedans, which shook off Nazi origins to become a global auto phenomenon, are being sidelined as Volkswagen emphasises electric cars and larger family-oriented vehicles.
But company officials, still trying to completely turn the page after 2015’s costly “dieselgate” scandal, opened the door to reviving the model at some point, alluding to the company’s 2017 decision to unveil a revamped Volkswagen Bus as a possible template.
“As we move to being a full-line, family-focused automaker in the US and ramp up our electrification strategy…there are no immediate plans to replace it,” Hinrich Woebcken, chief executive of Volkswagen Group of America said in a statement.
“But, I would also say, never say never,” he added.
“The loss of the Beetle after three generations, over nearly seven decades, will evoke a host of emotions from the Beetle’s many devoted fans,” Woebcken said.
Volkswagen plans to offer the two final edition models in both coupe and convertible styles. The cars will include nods to earlier versions and be priced at $23,045 and up, the company said.
’60s icon
The vehicle’s history goes back to the Nazi era, having first been developed by Ferdinand Porsche with support from Adolf Hitler, who in 1937 formed the state-run Volkswagenwerk, or “The People’s Car Company.” After the war, the Allied countries eventually made Volkswagen a priority in an effort to revive the German auto industry.
The sedans made their US debut in the 1950s, but sales were weak, in part owing to the company’s Nazi origins.
The advertising agency Doyle Dane Bernback in 1959 rechristened the car the “Beetle,” and began touting the vehicle’s small size as an advantage to consumers, according to the History Channel.
The car attained further popularity with the 1968 Disney movie “The Love Bug,” the story of a racing Volkswagen with a mind of its own.
Andy Warhol did prints featuring the car and a Beetle was also the most prominent car in the background of “Abbey Road,” the final Beatles album to be recorded.
US sales ceased in 1979, but the vehicle continued to be produced in Mexico and Brazil, according to Car and Driver. VW revived the “New Beetle” in the United States 1997.
But sales of the Beetle slipped 3.2 percent to 15,667 in 2017 in the United States, a fraction of the sales for the Jetta and Passat sedans.
AFP Photo
 
At the Detroit Auto Show in January, the German automaker unveiled a revamped version of the Jetta and also touted the Atlas, a new mid-sized SUV.
VW continues to deal with fallout from the “dieselgate” scandal that broke in September 2015.
The company, having already paid out costly government settlements, is fighting billions of dollars in additional claims lodged by shareholders who saw their stock plummet in value after authorities cracked down on VW over the installation of so-called “defeat devices” into 11 million cars worldwide to fool regulatory emissions tests.
AFP
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Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah
 
The Federal Government has reiterated its plans to address the infrastructural deficit in the country with the Chinese loan.
Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr Okechukwu Enelamah, during an appearance on Channels Television’s breakfast show, Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, said the Federal Government is currently implementing various projects across the country.
“The projects have been there. They have been conceptualized in the past. But honestly, as far as I can tell, I haven’t seen the degree of commitment to implementation,” he said.
“If you look at the railways, the Kaduna-Abuja has been finished, the Lagos-Ibadan is going on.
“And that is why this relationship with China on those infrastructural projects that are demonstrably useful must be done. If you look at Mambilla (power project), it has been there for well over 10 years almost abandoned.
“But now, there has been a re-commitment by both China and Nigeria to develop it that will generate a lot of power that will add to our national grid and that will make a huge difference because we still have a power deficit,” he added.
Read Also: FG Will Sign More Agreements With China For Infrastructure Development – Presidency

 
Enelamah’s comments come two weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari traveled to participate in the 7th Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing.
During the summit, the Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to provide $60 billion to finance Africa’s development over the next three years.
The financing will include $15 billion in “free assistance and interest-free loans”, he said, in remarks meant to ease growing concerns that China’s assistance to developing nations is putting them in debt.
Speaking about the Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal Government and German auto giant, Volkswagen, the minister explained that the car manufacturer believes Nigeria is a hub for the production of over two million vehicles.
According to him, the government needs to create an enabling environment for the deal to be effective by initiating certain policies.
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Chinese workers unload bags of chemicals at a port in Zhangjiagang in China’s eastern Jiangsu province. China’s trade surplus with the United States eased in July, when President Donald Trump imposed stiff tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods in a showdown between the world’s two biggest economies. Johannes EISELE / AFP
 
China said Thursday it welcomes the US offer to hold another round of trade talks, and the two sides are discussing the details as fresh tariffs loom large.
“The Chinese side believes that the escalation of the trade conflict is not in the interest of either party,” commerce ministry spokesman Gao Feng told reporters at a regular news briefing.
Beijing “has indeed received an invitation from the US and holds a welcoming attitude to it”, said Gao, noting the “two sides are still communicating on the specific details”.
News that US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had invited top Chinese officials for talks comes just under a week after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on all $500 billion worth of imports from China.
Trump’s first round of tariffs this summer hit $50 billion in Chinese goods including high-end technology parts and manufactured goods, while Beijing fired back dollar-for-dollar at US soybeans, autos and other farm goods.
In Washington, White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow sounded a cautious note about the talks possible outcome.
“Secretary Mnuchin who is the team leader with China has apparently issued an invitation,” Kudlow told Fox Business Network on Wednesday.
“Talking is better than not talking, so I regard this as a plus,” said Kudlow.
AFP
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President Muhammadu Buhari says the Federal Government will thoroughly consider the audit report on all assets recovered in the first half of his administration.
He said this in his remarks after receiving the report on Tuesday inside the council chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
“We must utilise proceeds of our recoveries optimally to address our economic and social problems,” said Buhari who vowed to block the “loopholes for stealing public funds”.
“To this end, let me ensure Nigerians that the findings and recommendations of the committee would be carefully examined and given due consideration with a view to implementing the recommendations.”
The President stressed that the anti-corruption crusade of the government would continue to get the needed support of his administration.
According to him, the nation’s asset recovery and management system will be managed transparently, effectively, and efficiently in the nearest future.
He added that his administration would create a fresh template to promote public accountability in the country.
On further plans to fight corruption, President Buhari explained that ‘Proceeds of Crimes Bill’ pending at the National Assembly would go a long way to helped achieve the desired results.
“A key tool that will revolutionalise our assets recovery and management architecture is the ‘Proceeds of Crimes Bill’ which is currently awaiting passage by the National Assembly,” he said. “I, therefore, encourage the National Assembly to take necessary steps to pass the bill.”
“Once the bill is passed and assented to, many challenges facing our assets recovery and management process will be adequately taken care of as the bill addresses most of the challenges facing effective assets recovery and management in Nigeria.”
The six-volume report was presented to the President by the leader of the Presidential Audit Committee on Recovered Assets, Mr Femi Lijadu.
President Buhari inaugurated the committee on November 22, 2017, with a mandate to carry out a holistic audit of all recovered assets from May 29, 2015, to the date of inauguration of the committee.
After receiving the report, the president reiterated his government’s resolve to continue with its anti-corruption policies.
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (file)
 
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has launched the Federal Government’s Trader Moni-N10,000 collateral interest-free loan in Cross River State.
Professor Osinbajo launched the microcredit scheme on Tuesday in Calabar amid a crowd of traders at Watt market in the state capital.
He flagged off the programme in company with the state governor, Professor Ben Ayade, and top government officials.
VP Osinbajo arrives Calabar to an enthusiastic welcome. He is visiting to launch Trader Moni in Cross River State among some other meetings pic.twitter.com/gFMvr4S5bd
— Laolu Akande (@akandeoj) September 12, 2018
VP Osinbajo launches Trader Moni at Watt market, Calabar to the excitement of the petty traders. He was accompanied by Cross River State Gov Ayade pic.twitter.com/hraA8qJqNv
— Laolu Akande (@akandeoj) September 12, 2018
The Trader Moni scheme began in 2016 and is part of the Social Investment Programme of the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
It was launched in Cross River after it had already kicked off in Lagos, Kano, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Katsina, Osun and Kogi, as well as Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
The Presidency had faulted claims that beneficiaries must possess a Permanent Voter Card (PVC) to be eligible for the programme.
“The petty traders are not required to show PVC or any document for that matter,” Osinbajo’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande, had said in a statement.
“They are only expected to show they are petty traders, and this is why the enumeration is done in the markets and wherever the traders ply their trades.”
During his visit to Cross River, Professor Yemi Osinbajo held a closed-door meeting with the Christian community in the state.
He told reporters after the meeting that the Federal Government was doing its best to tackle the security challenges facing the nation.
The vice president believes that if the problem of land ownership and management is solved, there will be relative peace and stability in states experiencing security challenges.
He assured Nigerians that the government would continue to provide the needed support towards sustaining the relationship between farmers and herdsmen in the country.
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