Tag: budget
Dwindling revenue reason for overhead costs cut – DG Budget
The Director-General, Budget office of the Federation, Mr Ben Akabueze said the federal government has been forced to cut overhead…
Nigerian Government releases N1.2trn in 2016 budget to finance infrastructure
The Federal Government says it has released N1.2 trillion from the 2016 budget to finance critical infrastructure and to meet…
Nothing Wrong In Working On Budget – Political Analyst
Mr Segun Olayinka, a political analyst said there was nothing wrong in Sen. Danjuma Goje, the Chairman of the Senate…
FG Raises Hope On Payment Of Pension Arrears
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, says the Federal Government is evolving creative measures to…
Deadline For Passage Of 2017 Budget Not Sacrosanct
The House of Representatives says the March 30 deadline set for the passage of 2017 Appropriation Bill by the National…
‘Buharism’ and 2017 Budget
By Folarin Ademosu When Mr. Babatunde Fashola, minister of power, works and housing, was asked by the Senate Committee on…
Zero Based Budgeting will eliminate corruption
Prof. Suleiman Aruwa, the President of Nigerian Accounting Association (NAA) says implementation of the Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB) system will…
That Ambode may do well with his budget
On December 17, 2015, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, the Lagos state governor, just a few months old in office, visited the…
Padded Budget, Padded Change by Okey Ndibe
By Okey Ndibe I have often argued that the Nigerian state is, at bottom, a criminal enterprise, organized to serve…
Nigeria struggles as Buhari wrangles with budget, naira
When Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari finally swore in his cabinet in November, nearly six months after taking office, he hoped…
Sacking officers over budget fiasco not enough, Fayose tells Buhari
Eromosele Ebhomele ose Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state on Tuesday called for the withdrawal of the 2016 budget from…
Submit your budget, Lagos Assembly tells council chairmen
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday asked the Executive Secretaries of the 20 Local Government Areas…
Pinnick bemoans N1.2bn approved for 2016
Taiwo Adelu The National Assembly has further compounded the cash crunch crisis of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, by reducing drastically…
Saraki meets Buhari, keeps mum on missing budget
Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki kept mum on Tuesday as journalists at Nigeria seat of power, the Aso Rock presidential…
Ambode signs N662.58bn budget into law
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode today signed the 2016 budget of N662.588 billion into law. The governor, who…
Gov. Dankwambo presents N76. 5bn budget for 2016
Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State on Tuesday presented a budget proposal of N76.5 billion at the state House of…
Capital expenditure increases from N557b to N1.8tn #Budget2016
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said that the capital expenditure for the 2016 budget had been increased from N557 billion…
Ambode budgets N662.588bn for 2016, plans brighter future for Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga, Eromosele Ehbomele Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode today presented a budget of N662.588 billion for the 2016 fiscal…
Oshiomhole budgets N111.5bn for 2016 fiscal year
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole on Monday presented the state’s 2016 budget of N111.5 billion to the state…
Budget: Ezekwesili criticises Buhari’s switch to National Planning
Kazeem Ugbodaga Former minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari’s movement of Budget from the Ministry of…
NLC To Saraki: Nigerians Want Explanations About N600b NASS Budget
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Thursday asked the leadership of the National Assembly to account for how…
We’ve set up ad hoc committee to redress NASS budget, says Saraki
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has confirmed that the senate has set up an ad hoc committee to review the budget…
Deputy speaker defends National Assembly’s N150b budget
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yusuf Lasun (Osun-APC), on Tuesday in Abuja, said N150 billion budgetary allocation…
Headlines, Lifestyle, Metro, News
I’ll boost education sector with needed budget, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday promised that education would receive the needed budgetary allocation in order to boost the education…
I’m A Strong Contender For Lagos Speaker –Obasa
The Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Budget and Economic Planning, Mudashir Obasa has been elected for the fourth time…
Unpaid 29-Month Pension Arrears
It is really disheartening and wicked the manner pensioners who had meritoriously served their fatherland are being subjected to severe…
Lagos Assembly passes N489.7b as budget for 2015
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday evening passed the state 2015 Appropriation Bill of N489, 689,…
Uduaghan Budgets N327.6 Billion For 2015 Fiscal Year
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta state has presented a budget estimate of N327.68 billion for the 2015 fiscal…
2015: Govt spendings to drop by N.2trillion, says Iweala
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says the Federal Government has proposed a review of the oil benchmark from…
Fashola Presents 2015 Budget Monday
Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, western Nigeria, will on Monday present the 2015 budget proposal to the…