•Some state governors At least 24 states of the federation will not be able to pay workers salaries this year without having to wait for federal allocations from the central government, findings have revealed. Only 11 out of the 36 state governments of the federation can independently pay their workers’ salaries without depending on federal [&...
•Housing units The federal government has revoked the provisional offer of allocation of houses that elapsed between March 10, 2022 and October 18, 2023 without Expression of Interest forms. In a statement, the permanent secretary of Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, M. Mamman said that the affected subscribers are free to re-apply by...
Despite an increase in earnings in the last seven months of post-subsidy regime, and estimated allocation of N9.56 trillion from the federation account in the last five years, basic services in the local governments nationwide have remained grossly inefficient, with tell-tale signs of total neglect. Across the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs)...
•Obaseki and Shaibu The Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, said he has made many sacrifices and suffered several oppressions for the growth and development of the state, revealing that Governor Godwin Obaseki has withheld his allocation for the last six months. Shaibu stated this while delivering his goodwill message at the laun...
•Yakubu and Tinubu The Budgetary aggregate of 40 Billion naira allocated to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has been turned down by the commission as they described the sum as grossly inadequate to fund the affairs of the electoral body. While rejecting the amount proposed by the office of Budget and National Planning of [&...
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