The senate, on Thursday, passed the 2020 Appropriation bill after the adoption of the reports submitted by the Committees on Appropriation of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Read Also: Breaking: Court Jails Kalu 12years For Fraud The senate however, raised the estimates by N260 billion to bring it to N10.59 trillion. The … Read more
The Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Jibrin Barau,has laid the report of the 2020 Appropriation Bill before the Senate. A motion to present the report was moved by the Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Jibrin Barau and seconded by Senator Bassey Albert Akpan. Senate President Ahmad Lawan commended the committee for presenting the … Read more
The leadership of the 9th Senate has announced that the chamber would pass the 2020 Appropriation Bill on November 28, 2019. The Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan disclosed that the house had given the Appropriations Committee an ultimatum of two weeks to work on the 2020 Budget and submits its report to the house. Lawan … Read more
– Governor Babajide Sanwo- Olu presented 2020 Budget to Assembly – The Chief press secretary to Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu made this known on his twitter handle – Akosile gave a breakdown of the 2020 Proposed budget presented by Governor Sanwo-olu The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has presented a proposed budget of N1.168 trillion to … Read more
– Kano Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje said: “Our major concern in this administration, are two fundamental areas, but not at the expense of other areas, education and health sectors – we shall all go to the Assembly on Thursday and present the budget – You are all aware of our recent policy on free and compulsory … Read more
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP caucus of the House of Representative has vowed to kick against any secret session on the review of the 2020 Appropriation Bill. The PDP representative noted that they would ensure they thoroughly scrutinized the budget to reflect the wishes of Nigerians adding that, it was important for them to … Read more
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised alarm over the discovery of N503m additional spending for INEC. The committee disclosed that the discovery was made during the budget defence of INEC on Thursday in Abuja. Rep. Ibrahim Babangida from Katsina raised the issue when he asked the INEC Chairman … Read more
The Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Hon. Muktar Betara, has revealed that National Assembly would thoroughly review the 2020 budget to reflect the current economic realities. Betara stressed that it was necessary for the appropriation committee to thoroughly review the budget because of the demand on scare resources available at this time. He revealed this … Read more
The National Assembly has commenced the joint hearing of 2020 Appropriation Bill presented by President Muhammadu Buhari at a joint session earlier this month. The joint hearing which involved both the Senate and House of Representative Committee on the 2020 Appropriations Bill was declared open by the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, on … Read more
The Chairman Senate Committee, Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has revealed that the National Assembly would adjust defence budget to meet the security reality of our time. Senator Ndume revealed this while addressing newsmen in Kaduna on Thursday, where he led a joint team on fact finding mission at an army formation in the state. He … Read more
The Senate President Ahmad Lawan, has issued a deadline to all government agencies for budget defence before the Senate Appropriation Committee. Lawan noted that it was imperative for all head of government agencies to appear before the Senate’s Appropriation committee to defend their ministry’s budget in order to fast tracked the passage the 2020 Appropriation … Read more
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has berated the Federal allocation of less than 1% of the 2020 budget to defence. The All Progressives Congress APC senator representing Borno South, lamented that a country in war could not have given lesser priority to defence by allocating less than 1% of the country’s … Read more
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has berated the Federal allocation of less than 1% of the 2020 budget to defence. The All Progressives Congress APC senator representing Borno South, lamented that a country in war could not have given lesser priority to defence by allocating less than 1% of the country’s … Read more
– Senate President, Ahmed Lawan urges all ministers and head of agencies to defend their budget before end of October – Lawan said that any Minister or Head of Government Agency who failed to defend their budget by the end of October will not be given another opportunity to do so – He said that … Read more
– Senator Abaribe said that the 2020 budget presented by President Buhari was not sustainable – The budget was not sustainable because debt servicing was higher than capital expenditure – This is nothing but a budget of taxation The Senate Minority Leader, Eyinnaya Abaribe, has said that the 2020 budget President Muhammadu Buhari presented to … Read more
– Reno Omokri warns Nigerian Government that China may take over national asset – They have done it to Sri Lanka, Maldives, Djibouti Kyrgyzstan & Laos. Buhari has enslaved us – Mind you, debt servicing is paying interest on the debt, not repaying the debt Aide to the Immediate Past President of the Federal Republic … Read more
– DG Budget Office, Ben Akabueze commends President Buhari for the Budget presentation,tagged” the Budget of Growth and Job Creation” – The budget is intended to drive growth; it is intended to expand the economy’s capacity to create jobs – The President is committed to take people out of poverty Following the Presentation of … Read more
– President Muhammdu Buhari presents 2020 budget before joint session of the NASS – The Senate President Ahmed Lawan has assured that committees of both chambers of the National Assembly will conclude work on the 2020 budget estimate before the end of October – Lawan therefore,directed all Ministers and Heads of MDAs to appear before … Read more
– Heavy security presence at the NASS for the presentation of 2020 Budget – Workers in and around the National Assembly as well as Journalists without the tag were turned back at the first gate to the Assembly – President Buhari is expected to Present the 2020 budget to joint session of the NASS There … Read more
– The Federal executive Council has approved N727 billion added to the N10.2 trillion Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) – The FEC commended the National Assembly for the increment of the crude oil benchmark from $55 to $57 per barrel – FEC is happy with the National Assembly for increasing the benchmark to $57 per … Read more