•Tinubu and Wilson For the new leadership of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, (PAP) to succeed, there is an urgent need for the agency’s budget to be increased, a former freedom fighter in the region, Pastor Reuben Wilson has said. Wilson in a statement issued today stated that it would be difficult for PAP under Dr […]
•Hajj Five states; Kogi, Kebbi, Jigawa, Bauchi and Kano states, have subsidised Hajj fares for 10,260 intending pilgrims for the 2024 exercise, with a combined sum of N9,120,997,990 billion. The subsidy payments by the various states’ governments follow the announcement of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, asking already registered pilg...
•Akpabio, Ningi and Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has taken a swipe at Senator Abdul Ningi over the claim that the 2024 budget was padded to the tune of N3.7 trillion. Speaking when he hosted the leadership of the Senate to break the Ramadan fast at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the president said those making such […]
•Shettima The governments of Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory owe the federal government an outstanding liability of N1.72tn in budget support facilities. The figures were revealed in a presentation on state budget support facility by Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, at the 140th meeting of the National ...
•Tinubu and Ningi The Senate under the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio today suspended Senator Abdul Ningi over allegations of N3.7trn padding of the 2024 Budget. Ningi, from Bauchi Central Senatorial District, was suspended for three months after a long stormy session in the red chamber, reports Channels TV. A member of the Ap...
The House of Representatives has called for a review of the 2024 budget projections owing to the free fall of the naira in the past few months. Rising from plenary session yesterday, the lawmakers adopted a motion on matter of public urgent importance titled, “Need to evaluate the implications of the current exchange rates on […]
•Governor Siminalayi Fubara The Federal High Court, Abuja today nullified the N800bn 2024 budget signed into law by the Rivers State governor, Simi Fubara. In December, the governor had presented an N800bn 2024 Appropriation Bill to a faction of the state House of Assembly, comprising four lawmakers, reports The PUNCH. Following the passage of...
•National Assembly Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, to reduce the National Assembly budget of N344.85 billion to reflect the current economic realities in the country and cut the cost of governance. SERAP urged...
The Nigerian MeteorologÂical Agency (NiMet) has budgeted N644.2 million on the cleaning, fumigation, purchase of computers and stationery for its offices across the country. This was contained in the 2024 budget recently approved by the National Assembly. The budget, which was obtained by our corresponÂdent, indicated that NiMet would spend N3...
•Fubara The crisis rocking Rivers State took a new twist yesterday as the lawmakers accused the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, of not presenting the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and the 2024 Appropriation Bill to the lawmakers. The Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, stated this during the first plenary of...