Governor Adeleke signs ₦427 billion 2025 budget into law. Assembly increases budget by ₦37 billion from initial proposal. Ministries tasked with ensuring effective budget implementation. Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has signed the ₦427 billion 2025 appropriation bill into law. The signing ceremony took place on Monday at the Exco Lounge, Governor’s Office, in the … Read more
State governments in Nigeria spent over ₦900 billion on recurrent expenditures in the first quarter of 2024. Data sourced from budget implementation reports accessed through Open Nigerian States. Expenditure categories included refreshments, sitting allowances, travel expenses, utilities, and more. EKO HOT BLOG reports that in the first three months of 2024, no fewer than 30 state … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Abdul Ningi, has refuted allegations that he accused the 2024 budget of being padded. Earlier, in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Saturday, Senator Ningi had asserted that the National Assembly padded the 2024 budget by N3.7 … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Senator Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central-PDP) has raised concerns regarding the implementation of a budget purportedly not approved by the National Assembly under the leadership of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In response to these claims, the Senate has announced its intention to convene and address the matter on Tuesday. EDITOR’S PICKS BREAKING: Bandits … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, is currently appearing before the House of Representatives to speak on the state of the economy. As of the time of filing this report, Cardoso is appearing before the lawmakers during plenary in Abuja and he is briefing them on the … Read more