The Nigerian Government has published the budget performance report for President Bola Tinubu’s first quarter. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian Government has published the budget performance report for the first quarter of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, covering June to September 2023. According to SaharaReporters, no budget performance reports had been published since President Tinubu … Read more
MDAs through the backdoor received billions of naira to them between 2017 and 2021 How public offices misused funds for SWV under Buhari’s regime A complete list of affected agencies revealed! Eko Hot Blog reports that the Senate has exposed how Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the federal government misused the N3.8 trillion they … Read more
The Senate on Tuesday commenced investigation into alleged illegal payment of N19bn to four federal agencies, by the Budget Office of the Federation. Officials of the Budget Office did not appear before the Senate Public Accounts Committee. SPAC, relying on the 2016 report of the Auditor-General for the Federation, alleged that the N19bn was paid … Read more
The Director-General of the Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, on Tuesday, stated that the federal, states and local government budgets were insufficient to meet the expectation of Nigerians. Akabueze, while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, stressed the need for more revenue generation aimed at improving the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). “Our tax with GDP … 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
The budget office on Thursday refuted reports making the rounds that ₦27 billion was allocates for the renovation of the National Assembly Complex in the 2020 Budget. Budget office Director-general, Ben Akabueze, while clearing the air on the planned renovation said N9.25 billion is alloted. He said the allocation, which was initially N37 billion, was … Read more
– The ninth senate reintroduced a bill seeking to establish NASS budget Office – The Bill which scaled first reading was sponsored by Sen. Rose Oko (PDP)Cross River – The proposed National Assembly budget office will report annually to the Senate and House of Representatives The Ninth Senate, led by President of the Senate, … Read more