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…