Tag: 2017 budget
2017 budget: Nigerian Govt completes 88 road projects – FERMA
The Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) on Thursday said over 88 capital road projects that were captured in 2017 budget…
2017 budget must run till May 31 – Senate
The Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Ministry of Finance to allow the 2017 Budget run till May 31 instead…
2017 budget: DMO raises N1.2trn from domestic market for capital projects
The Debt Management Office (DMO) says in line with its statutory mandate of funding federal budgets, it raised N1.2 trillion…
We’ll roll over 2017 capital projects – Adeosun
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has revealed Federal Government’s intention to roll over at least 60 percent of…
Budget: Reps. decry duplication of projects by MDAs
The House of Representatives has decried Ministries Departments and Agencies’ (MDAs’) duplication of projects funded by international donors in their…
Uncertainties in Oil markets will affect 2017 budget — Minister
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, says the 2017 budget implementation will be affected by growing…
Senate gives agencies 7 days to submit budgets
The Senate on Wednesday gave an ultimatum of one week to all agencies and parastatal agencies of the Federal Government…
Don’t trivialise issues raised in 2017 budget, Fashola warns Goje
Fashola on Thursday said it was regrettable that Senator Goje would seek to trivialize the issues he raised about the…
Minister summoned over alleged projects insertion in 2017 budget
The House of Representatives on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, over his allegation that…
Workers welfare ignored in 2017 Budget – NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says workers welfare is not properly captured in the 2017 national budget.
2017 budget: Payment of salaries, pensions remain priority – Nigerian Govt
The Nigerian government on Monday said the payment of salaries and pension remains a priority in the 2017 budget of…
2017 budget: FG advised to consider hyperinflation
An economist, Prof. Sarah Anyanwu has advised the Federal Government to take into focus the country’s hyperinflation in the implementation…
Nigeria, the 2017 Budget, and the Dawn of Abundance
A short while ago, I signed the 2017 Appropriations Bill into law. This is an important milestone in our economic…
Federal Government pegs 2017 budget on economic recovery
The Federal Government has christened the 2017 Budget which was signed into law on Monday by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo…
Presidency receives 2017 budget passed by National Assembly
The Presidency said on Friday that it has received the 2017 budget recently passed into law by the National Assembly.
Plateau budgets N139.4bn for 2017
The Plateau Government will give priority to the completion of ongoing projects in its 2017 budget of N139.49 billion, Mrs…
Osinbajo overrules Lai Mohammed, Ita Enang, says he will sign budget into law
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has cleared all doubts about who will sign the 2017 budget recently passed by the National…
Minister refutes media claim regarding Budget signing
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has refuted a story in a section of the media quoting…
Lai Mohammed refutes story about 2017 budget
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has refuted a story in a section of the media quoting…
2017 Budget: National Assembly to spend N125bn
The 2017 budget of the National Assembly has increased to N125 billion from the 2016 figure of N115 billion.
Senate passes 2017 budget of N7.44 trillion
The Senate has passed the 2017 Appropriation Bill with a total budget estimates of ₦7,441,175,486,758.
Senate to pass 2017 budget on Thursday
The Senate on Tuesday received the report of the Joint Committee on Appropriation and Finance on the 2017 Appropriation Bill.
Financial experts decry non-passage of 2017 Budget
Some financial market operators on Monday called on the National Assembly to fast track the passage of the 2017 Budget…
2017 Budget: X-raying Alaibe’s view on funding
Former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and one-time presidential adviser on the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme,…
2017 budget: Osun assembly holds bilateral talks
The Osun House of Assembly said on Wednesday that it would organize bilateral talks on the 2017 budget in order…
2017 Budget: Ondo Youths protest against Mimiko
Some youths in Ondo State on Wednesday in Akure protested against Gov. Olusegun Mimiko over planned presentation of the 2017…
2017 budget: Bagudu presents N139.3bn to House of Assembly
The Kebbi Governor, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, on Tuesday presented a budget proposal of N139.3billion for the year 2017 to the…
Nigeria’s economy will grow in 2017- Expert
Prof Uch Uwaleke, an economic expert says he is optimistic that Nigeria’s economy will be ‘out of the woods’ this…
Cross River Assembly passes N301bn 2017 budget
The Cross River House of Assembly has passed the 2017 budget of N301 billion, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
2017 Budget: Senate will give priority to passage
The Senate Spokesman, Sen. Sabi Abdullahi, has said that the Senate would place priority on the passage of the 2017…