Tag: budget
Edo budgets N157bn For 2015 fiscal year
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state on Tuesday presented a budget estimate of N156.551 billion for the…
Oshiomhole to present budget on Tuesday
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state will on Tuesday 23 September, present the 2015 budget appropriation to the…
Nigeria’s Economy Needs Professional Entrepreneurs
By Nduka Uzuakpundu Some measured optimism is being expressed concerning the emergence and ranking of the Nigerian economy as a…
‘Lagos Budget Records 86% Half Year Performance’
Lagos State Government has recorded cumulative mid-year budget performance of 86 percent, despite a big drop in its receipt from…
Jonathan Signs 2014 Budget
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan this morning signed the 2014 Appropriation Act into law. Following this, the president directed Dr.…
Nigerian Army: Why We Can’t Fight Boko Haram
The reason terror group Boko Haram has been having a field day across Nigeria is because the country’s military lacks…
Let The Budget Be Signed This Month
By John Tosin Ajiboye On December last year when the 2014 Appropriation bill was sent from Executive to the National…
Woeful Funding Of Science And Tech
The Nigerian Supervising Minister of Science and Technology, Omobola Johnson, stunned the National Conference Committee on Science, Technology and Development,…
Gender Equality: Ogun Keeps Faith With MDGs
By Sakirudeen Bashiru The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were drawn in 2000 to galvanize the efforts of about 193 countries…
Budgets: States Should Be Transparent
A budget expresses strategic plans of business units, organizations, activities or events in measurable terms. It is an important concept…
Amosun Presents N210bn Budget For 2014
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest, Nigeria today presented a proposed budget of N210.21 billion for the 2014 fiscal…
Some Police Stations Run On Less Than N2,000 Daily —Senator
Some police formations are run on less than N2,000 per day, Senator Gyang Pwajok (PDP, Plateau north) has disclosed. He…
Jonathan Finally Signs Nigeria’s 2013 Budget
TOKUNBO OLAJIDE Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday, finally signed the 2013 Appropriation Bill into law, ending weeks of stand-off between…
Another Budget Debacle
The 2013 Appropriation Bill remains unsigned and enmeshed in a familiar crisis of distortions Watching President Goodluck Jonathan last Tuesday…
Amosun Budgets N211bn For 2013
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun today presented his 2013 budget of N211.8 billion to the state House of Assembly.…
Fashola Presents N497b 2013 Budget
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State today presented a budget of N497.277 billion to the State House of Assembly for…
House Begins Review Of 2012 Budget
The Committee on Economic Planning and Budget of the Lagos State House of Assembly has commenced a quarterly review of…
Nigeria’s oil subsidy budget will run out, Sanusi Warns
Nigeria’s 2012 budget allocation to pay fuel subsidies will run out before the end of the year, risking Africa’s second…
National Assembly Jacks Up Budget
Nigeria’s National Assembly on Thursday approved a $31 billion budget for 2012 , setting up a possible showdown with President…
Obama Unveils Election Year Budget
US President Barack Obama Monday proposed a $3.8 trillion budget brimming with populist tax hikes on the rich and jobs…
Agboyi-Ketu Rolls Out Budget Plan
The Agboyi-Ketu Local Council Development Area (LCDA), recently disclosed a three-year budget plans of the administration at a Stakeholders’ Conference…
1700 Days In Office: Fashola Promises 217 Roads
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has promised to build and rehabilitate at least 217 inner roads this year, saying…
Lagos 2011 Budget Records 77% Performance
The 2011 Budget of Lagos State recorded a cumulative year performance of 77 percent with a fourth quarter performance of…
Lagos Targets N289.7b IGR
Lagos State Government is targeting an Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, of N289.7 billion this year. With this figure, the government…
Lagos To Borrow N66.4 Billion To Finance 2012 Budget
The Lagos State Government is to borrow N66.4 billion to finance this year’s budget, says Commissioner for Economic Planning and…
Fashola Signs Year 2012 Appropriation Bill Into Law
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Tuesday signed into law the State’s Year 2012 Budget with a call on…
Lagos Assembly Passes 2012 Budget
Ahead of its January deadline, the Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the 2012 Appropriation bill just within a…
Lagos Assembly To Pass Budget In January
Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has promised that the House will pass the state’s 2012 budget…
Calabar South Chairman Presents N2.5 Billion Budget
Calabar South Local Government in Cross River State, southsouth Nigeria, has submitted a budget estimate of N2,494,689,027.63 to the local…
Senate Approves N4.972 Trillion Budget For 2011
The Nigerian Senate during its sitting today passed N4.97 trillion as budget for 2011. As passed by the upper chamber…