Senator Jibrin Barau, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, has said that the 2020 budget implementation has been impeded by the COVID-19 pandemic, hence, the Senate might consider rolling over some items. According to the report gathered by Ekohotblog on budget-related issues that might impede the implementation of the 2020 Appropriation, the lawmaker said the … Read more
– Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong has signed the revised 2020 budget into law – According to the Governor, it was necessary to sign the revised budget because of the need to take care of the realities of COVID-19 – He directed the Ministry of Finance, Budget and Planning as well as all MDAs … Read more
An NGO, the Amaka Chiwuike-Uba Foundation (ACUF), has urged the Federal Government to lay emphasis on credibility and high performance of the 2020 Revised Budget as a catalyst for infrastructure development. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), recalls that President Muhammadu Buhari on July 10, signed the 2020 Revised Federal Government Budget of N10.8 trillion … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari will today sign into law the revised 2020 budget of N10.8 trillion. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr. Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this yesterday while briefing the leadership of the National Assembly on plans to submit the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) later this month. … Read more
The Senate has passed the revised 2020 budget of N10.8 trillion. The budget was passed at both the Senate plenary and at the Committee of Supplies following the consideration of the report of the Senator Barau Jibri led Committee on Appropriation. READ ALSO: https://ekohotblog2.com/2020/06/10/python-terrorizing-lagos-residents-finally-killed-see-how/ Ekohotblog understands that the Upper Chamber increased the revised estimate from … Read more
The National Assembly has breached its legislative procedure after it engaged the Federal Government on the revised 2020 budget before submission to the chamber. According to reports, the National Assembly and FG are deliberating to avoid the usual confrontation that trails the budget submission. It was disclosed that the Minister of Finance, Budget and National … Read more
The federal government has disclosed what the billions of naira it received as donation in order to help it tackle the COVID-19 pandemic will be used for. The ministry of finance says the federal government will be using private sector COVID-19 donations to fund a 2020 supplementary budget. This is contained a new framework from … Read more
The Senate, Nigeria upper legislative body, on Tuesday approved the N850billion loan request of President Muhammadu Buhari. The approval follows the reading of the loan request letter by the senate president, Ahmad Lawan, after a closed session with members when the red chamber resumes plenary on Tuesday. According to the letter, the loan request is … Read more
The Federal Government on Friday released N285 billion to fund some infrastructural projects under the 2020 budget. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, said this on Friday to the State House correspondents. She said the releases were made under transportation, Niger Delta, Works, and Housing ministries. Ahmed made this known after … Read more
The Kano State Commissioner for Planning and Budget, Alhaji Nura Dankadai, has revealed that the state government has earmarked N52bn for education in the 2020 budget. Dankadai disclosed this while addressing newsmen on the 2020 budget breakdown on Friday in Kano. He said “To actualise our policy of free and compulsory education in both primary, … Read more
The Executive Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade, has signed the N1.1tn Appropriation Bill for 2020 into law. The budget tagged “Budget of Olimpotic Meristemasis” was signed into law on Tuesday. Ayade commended the State House of Assembly for meeting the Dec. 31, deadline of passing the appropriation bill adding that, the state was … Read more
Lagos state Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday signed the 2020 budget of N1. 168trillion into law. The signing, which took place in the Governor’s office at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja had the Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Speaker Mudashiru Obasa; Chairman, House Committee on Budget and Economic Planning Hon. Gbolahan Yishau; Commissioner for Budget … Read more
Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, has signed the 2020 budget passed by the Gombe State House of Assembly into law. He assented to the bill during a brief ceremony on Friday at the Government House in Gombe, north-east Nigeria. The N130.83 billion Appropriation Act tagged ‘Budget of Change’ has N71.04 billion for capital expenditure while … Read more
The Ogun State Assembly has adjusted the capital expenditure with N2.1bn in the proposed 2020 Appropriation Bill sent to the house by the governor of the state, Dapo Abiodun. The capital expenditure adjustment moved the capital estimate from N269,132,349,884.46 to N271,232,349,884.46. The adjustment in the recurrent expenses of six agencies, capital estimates of nineteen others … Read more
The executive Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has presented a proposed N177bn Appropriation Bill for 2020 to the State Assembly for approval. The 2020 budget agged “Budget of Growth.” was presented by Akeredolu to the Assembly through the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Emmanuel Igbasan, on Thursday. He noted that the proposed budget … Read more
The Executive Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has appended his signature to the state’s N176bn budget for the year 2020. The signing of the budget ceremony took place at the Government House on Wednesday in Lokoja the State capital. Speaking at the ceremony, the Speaker of the State Assembly, Rt Hon. Matthew Kolawole hailed … Read more
The executive Governor of Akwa Ibom, Udom Emmanuel, has append his signature to the N597.7bn Budget for the year 2020. It was gathered that the state House of Assembly had on December 5, 2019, passed the N597.735billion budget estimate for the 2020 fiscal year as against the proposed N597.800 billion budget presented to them by … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo, will be spending a total of N9.06bn as budgeted for their feeding, traveling, cars purchase among others for the year 2020. This was contained in the 2020 budget sent to the National Assembly for approval. The National Assembly however, retained the N3. 327 billion which the executive … Read more
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has set aside N8bn as minimum wage for state civil servants. The Governor made this known on Tuesday while presenting a budget proposal of N530.8bn to the State House of Assembly for the 2020 fiscal year. Wike also set aside N5bn to cover the recruitment of new employees into the … Read more
The Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has assented to the 2020 Appropriation Bill of N395.47bn passed by the state Assembly. Okowa assured people of the state the budget would fast track the development of infrastructural projects for the benefit of Deltans during the period. The governor signed the bill on Thursday in the state capital, … Read more