Lagos Assembly has approved N1.25tn as amended 2021 Budget. EKOHOTBLOG The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday approved N1.25 trillion as an amendment to the 2021 budget. This followed a request brought to the House by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, recently. The approval was made through a voice vote of … Read more
Ahmed had revealed the government’s plan to sell public assets to partly finance the ₦13.58 trillion 2021 budget Civil society group, SERAP had asked the National Assembly to stop the federal government from selling public assets to fund the 2021 budget YOU MAY ALSO LIKE Recession: “Cut Cost Of Governance”, SERAP Urges Buhari FG Inaugurates … Read more
A sum of N550 million has been earmarked for purchase of drone Government also budgeted a total of N8 billion for critical areas of social services The Ekiti state government says it has earmarked ₦1.44billion for the South West Security Network codenamed Amotekun in its 2021 appropriation bill. Ekohotblog reports that the commissioner for budget … Read more
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has assured Nigerians that the National Assembly would see to the prudent utilisation of loans taken. He stated this at the State House, Abuja on Thursday when responding to questions from journalists about the Federal Government’s use of ₦3 trillion to service debts in the 2020 budget and President Muhammadu … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed the 2021 budget and the finance bill into law ten days after it was passed by the National Assembly. The National Assembly had transmitted the passed ₦13.5trn budget to President Buhari for assent on Monday. Eko Hot Blog reported that the President presented the proposed 2021 budget to a … Read more
The 2021 appropriation bill of N13.5 trillion has been sent to President Muhammadu Buhari for approval. Babajide Omoworare, senior special assistant to the president on national assembly matters (senate), made this known on Monday. The presidential aide, in a text message sent to PUNCH, disclosed that the national assembly has transmitted the bill to the … Read more
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri on Saturday signed N140bn 2021 budget into law. He signed the budget at the residential wing of the Government House in Yola. Speaking during the signing, the Governor said the 2021 budget was designed to stabilise the state and achieve maximum development. He said 52 percent of the N140 billion … Read more
Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong on Thursday signed the N147bn 2021 budget into law. The Governor also signed the state anti-kidnapping law. The Governor’s Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Macham Makut disclosed this to The Punch in Jos on Friday. According to him, the State House of Assembly increased the 2021 appropriation bill … Read more
Zamfara State Governor, Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle has signed N142.4bn 2021 budget into law. The signing of the bill took place yesterday, Thursday at the chamber of the State Government House. Speaking during the signing, Matawalle noted that the budget remains the life wire of political, economical and social development of any society. Eko Hot … Read more
The Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, has signed 2021 Appropriation Bill of N120.3bn into law. The Governor signed the budget tagged, ‘Budget of Resilience’ into law on Wednesday. Yahaya, who spoke while signing the budget said the approval of the budget came earlier than that of 2020 which was signed around 27th December 2019. Commenting … Read more
A lawmaker representing Abia-South Senatorial District, Enyinnaya Abaribe has queried some proposed expenses in the breakdown of the State House’s 2021 budget. Abaribe, while addressing the Senate during Tuesday’s plenary, disputed a proposed ₦123 million slated for catering equipment and materials. “Did they throw away the one they did last year?” the lawmaker queried. “They … Read more
The Senate, on Monday, passed the ₦13.588 trillion 2021 budget with an increase of ₦505 billion. The budget was passed by a joint session of the National Assembly, during their special plenary held mainly to pass the budget ahead of the Christmas and New Year break. The lawmakers pegged the price of crude at $40 … Read more
The National Assembly is billed to pass the 2021 Appropriation Bill today, Monday, 21 December, raising the total estimated from the proposed N13.08tn to N13,588,027,886,175, an increase of over N500bn. This was disclosed in the report by the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations on the national budget. Both the Senate and the House of … Read more
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday postponed the passage of the 2021 budget till Monday 21 December, 2020. Senate President Ahmad Lawan disclosed this at plenary session on Wednesday. He said the development followed new items of expenditure transmitted to the National Assembly by the Executive. Read Also: Senate Passes Finance Bill 2020 Lawan said that … Read more
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Friday, expressed the House’s readiness to pass the 2020 Finance Bill at a public hearing organized by the House Committee on Finance. In a communique, the Speaker was of the opinion that the Finance Bill is an important piece of legislation, deserving of thorough consideration, and … Read more
The Federal Government said on Friday that has no plans to introduce any new taxes in 2021, but is making efforts to reduce the tax burden on the Nigerian people in view of the current economic situation occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic and the fall in the prices of crude oil in the international market. … Read more
Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has signed the 2021 budget of ₦246 billion into law after it was passed by the state’s House of Assembly. Eko Hot Blog understands that the state government has passed its annual budget ahead of the financial year in the past four years, thereby becoming the first state to … Read more
Ogun state 2021 budget scales second reading The debate on the Ogun State 2021 budget proposal scaled second reading on the floor of the state House of Assembly on Thursday. The state governor, Dapo Abiodun, presented the state’s 2021 budget to the Assembly on Wednesday, as earlier reported by Ekohotblog. At the plenary presided over … Read more
Budget The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan says the National Assembly will pass the 2021 budget of N13. 08 trillion by the second week of December. Lawan made this known while declaring open a retreat for members of National Assembly Management and National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) in Abuja on Friday. Read Also: #EndSARS: … Read more
NOVEMBER 12, 2020 The Federal Government is on course to ensure that the 2021 Appropriation Bill currently before the National Assembly is passed before the end of this year. Director-General Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, said this while speaking on Channels Television’s flagship programme, Sunrise Daily on Thursday. He noted that the budget defence by various … Read more