₦‎206billion inserted into the 2023 Budget of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development by the Ministry of Finance has been disowned by Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Minister in charge of the ministry Farouk who appeared before the Senate Committee on Special Duties to defend 2023 Budget claimed that the Ministry requested…

Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi has presented a budget of N202 billion for 2023 to the state House of Assembly for approval.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has said it has no request to buy sniffer dogs in its 2023 budget proposal as insinuated in some reports, adding that its position on the cost of specialized dogs was in response to a question by the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Drugs and Narcotics, Hon. Francis Ottah Agbo, on the need for sniffer dogs at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on Wednesday came down hard on the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama over alleged extra-budgetary expenditure running into billions of naira. The committee led by Yusuf Buba Yakub during the budget defence session with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs particularly claimed that the Onyeama has become…

Civil Society Groups in Nigeria, under the Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health At Scale (PACFaH@Scale), commend the federal government for the over N1trn allocated to the health sector in the proposed 2023 budget and requested that the amount be maintained by the National Assembly during their appropriation debates.

The Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Kalu has called for reduction in the cost of governance to address the economic challenges confronting the country.

The Senate on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the submission of the 2023 budget proposal by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. The upper legislative chamber ordered the authorities of FCT, to make available, the 2023 budget proposal latest by next week or risk zero allocation for the fiscal year. The N607.962billion 2022 budget for FCT,…

A House of Representatives member, Kingsley Uju-Chima (PDP Imo), has called on National Assembly to ensure that the 2023 budget for teachers and education development is shored up in appreciation

With Friday’s presentation of the 2023 Appropriation Bill, President Muhammadu Buhari may have set the tone for another unrewarding yearly ritual that ends up draining public finances and adds nothing significant to the economy.

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday presented a total budget proposal of N20.51 trillion to the National Assembly for the 2023 fiscal year.

I am very pleased to be here today to present the 2023 Budget Proposals at this Joint Session of the National Assembly. This is the last time I will be laying the budget of the Federal Government of Nigeria before the National Assembly.

As the two chambers of the National Assembly prepare to receive the proposed budget of the 2023 fiscal year from the President next Month, gaps in the performance of the 2022 budget are being laid bare by experts.