Tag: 2016 Budget
2016 Budget: Presidency commends National Assembly
The Presidency on Wednesday commended the National Assembly for passing the 2016 Appropriation Bill. The Special Adviser to the President…
NASS to pass 2016 Budget next week
Contrary to its promise on Wednesday, the National Assembly on Thursday failed to lay the 2016 budget for commencement of…
Senate fails to pass 2016 Budget
The Senate on Wednesday said that the Thursday deadline fixed for passage of the 2016 Appropriation Bill was no longer…
Nigeria: 35% of budget to be spent on debt servicing
Nigeria expects to spend 35 percent of its federal government revenues servicing debt this year, up from 26 percent last…
NASS to pass 2016 budget on March 17
The House of Representatives says the National Assembly will on March 17, pass the 2016 Appropriation Bill totalling N6.08 trillion.…
ASUU decries FG’s paltry allocation to universities in 2016 budget
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Tuesday picked holes in allocation to tertiary institutions in the…
2016 Budget: 10 States investing big in housing projects
The newly appointed administration have estimated a total national budget of N6 trillion and have proposed N433.3 billion to be…
Oshiomhole signs 2016 Budget into Law
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole on Tuesday signed the state’s N116.6 billion 2016 Appropriation Bill into law.…
FG admits errors in 2016 budget, perpetrators face punishment
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Ministry of Budget and National Planning on Tuesday said the errors in the 2016 Budget were due…
Why National Assembly refused to pass 2016 budget
Nigerian lawmakers announced on Tuesday that with the gross distortions and bogus allocations being discovered in many areas of the…
Fayose advises Buhari on 2016 Budget
Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State in the western part of Nigeria, on Tuesday asked President Mohammadu Buhari…
2016 Budget: Buhari earmarks N500bn to alleviate poverty
The need to pay attention to the common man and spend the resources of this country on the poor people…
2016 budget is achievable – Udoma
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, has assured that the 2016 budget was be achievable…
2016 Budget: Buhari reacts to Tinubu’s comments?
President Muhammadu Buhari appears to have reacted to Senator Remi Tinubu over the inclusion of women in the 2016 budget…
Sokoto Assembly promises speedy passage of 2016 budget
The Chairman, Sokoto State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Alhaji Bello Yabo, on Friday said the legislature…