Nigerian lawmakers have flagged discrepancies in the Ministry of Trade and Investment’s 2024 budget execution, raising concerns over an unapproved addition of ₦9 million to a project originally allocated ₦50 million.

The National Assembly has issued a stern warning regarding the poor implementation of the 2024 capital budget, calling for the immediate release of funds to drive economic growth and deliver essential infrastructure projects.

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has expressed concern over the low implementation of the capital component of the 2024 budget. The panel expressed the concern when the Accountant General of the Federation, Dr Shakirat Madein, appeared before the Committee for an interactive engagement of Wednesday. The Committee, led by Rep Bamidele Salam, said…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has slammed President Bola Tinubu’s appetite for loans following yesterday’s swift passage of the president’s fresh request to borrow N1.77 trillion (approximately $2.2 billion) in support of the N28.7 trillion 2024 budget. 

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has told the Senate Committee on Anti-corruption and Financial Crimes that one of its greatest challenges is inadequate funding, calling for a 300 per cent increment of its 2024 budget to carry out its duties effectively.

Despite startling revelations of project duplications in the 2024 budget, the federal ministries of finance and its budget counterparts have kept mum over the allegations.

Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has emphasized the pivotal role of education in promoting social mobility and announced substantial budgetary allocations to the education sector in the state's 2024 appropriation. Speaking at the combined third and fourth convocation ceremony of the Federal University Gusau, Governor Lawal highlighted his administration's commitment to enhancing educational infrastructure and…

On the floor of the Senate, Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe collaborated Ningi’s claim, “We are all culpable. Some so-called senior senators here got

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in last year’s general elections, Peter Obi, has again highlighted “lopsided allocations” in the 2024 federal budget.

People's Redemption Party (PRP) has called for stoppage of constituency projects, insisting the process is prone to corruption and abuses by lawmakers.

The Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC), a progressive change organisation, has commended the Senate for increasing FCT statutory 2024 budget from N1.15 trillion to N1.282 trillion.

A group, The Rescue Movement For New Nigeria, has described as terrible, the allegation by Senator Abdul Ningi that about N3 trillion was padded into the 2024 budget. Consequently, it has called for a detailed probe to unravel the truth and bring to book the culpable "rather than rushing to suspend Senator Ningi that raised…