2024 budget
19 Mar 2024
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the N1.28 trillion budget of the Federal Capital Territory Administration presented to the National Assembly. The passage of the budget followed a report submitted to the House by the Chairman of the House Committee on FTC, Mukhtar Aliyu Betara, following a budget defence by the Minister of the…
19 Mar 2024
A northern group, Amalgamation of Bauchi State Concerned Groups has asked the Senate President Godwill Akpabio to step aside for proper investigations into the alleged N3.7trn 2024 budget padding. The Chairman of the group, Umar Sa’idu Maigamo, said this in Bauchi on Tuesday while speaking with journalists. He described the suspension of Senator Ningi, who…
19 Mar 2024
The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has warned former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to stop peddling lies over alleged padding of the N3.7 trillion worth in the 2024 budget. TMSG Chairman, Jesutega Onokpasa, remarked that it was not surprising that the former Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is dabbling into all sorts…
18 Mar 2024
After months of persistent lobbying and advocacy by the member representing Ideato Federal Constituency of Imo State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, the Federal Government has finally captured and included the worsening Umuchima Ideato gully erosion in the 2024 budget and supplementary budget. The Federal Government is at the threshold of…
18 Mar 2024
Member representing Ideato Federal Constituency of Imo State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has expressed deep gratitude to the federal government for allocating funds to address the worsening Umuchima gully erosion in the 2024 budget. In a statement, Ugochinyere lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for including budgetary provisions in both the…
15 Mar 2024
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the call on the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to step aside over alleged budget padding. APC's national publicity secretary, Mr Felix Morka, in a statement, described PDP's position on the allegation of budget padding by the Senate as nothing short of…
14 Mar 2024
The continuous drop in Nigeria’s oil production is spelling serious doom and raising concerns among stakeholders over the 2024 budget, which relies heavily on crude oil revenue.
11 Mar 2024
Senator Abdul Ningi has remained adamant on his earlier stance that the projects worth N3.7 trillion in the 2024 Appropriation Act are not traceable.
10 Mar 2024
Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, Abdul Ningi, has alleged that the budget being executed by the Federal Government at the moment is not what the National Assembly passed.
9 Mar 2024
Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, Abdul Ningi, has alleged that the budget being executed by the Federal Government at the moment is not what the National Assembly passed. In an interview with The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Ningi said: "the new things we have discovered in the budget were not known to us. We…
8 Mar 2024
Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has commended the National Assembly (NASS) for unilaterally raising the 2024 budget, describing it as a true practice of democracy.
2 Mar 2024
Stakeholders in the health sector have said that the 2024 budget by the 36 state governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), revealed the varying prioritization of healthcare services across Nigeria.
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