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21 Nov
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday presented the Year 2025 budget estimates of N3.005 trillion to the House of Assembly. It has been christened: “BUDGET OF SUSTAINABILITY” with the capital: N 1.7t (59%) and recurrent: N1.2t (41%). The year 2024 budget, in Lagos State as at September 2024 has achieved an 85% performance, according…
19 Nov
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has presented a N320-billion 2025 Appropriation Bill to the state’s House of Assembly. The budget is made up of N111 billion or 34.7 per cent for recurrent expenditure and N209 billion or 65.30 per cent for capital expenditure. The proposed budget, which is the second in Yahaya’s second tenure…
11 Nov
Delta Government on Monday approved the transmission of the N936 billion proposed budget for the 2025 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly for further deliberation. The State Commissioner for Economic Planning, Mr. Sonny Ekedayen, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on some of the decisions reached at the end of the State Executive Council…
7 Nov
The Oyo State House of Assembly, on Thursday, applauded Governor Seyi Makinde for approving an N80,000 minimum wage for workers in the state, stating that the governor's worker-friendly policies are unparalleled. A statement issued and signed by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, noted that with this announcement, Oyo State has moved to the second…
1 Nov
The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has presented official vehicles to legislative staff in the directorate cadre. This is contained in a statement issued by the Speaker’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Eromosele Ebhomele, in Lagos on Friday. According to the statement, the presentation of the cars to the staff was the second…
17 Oct
Members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly have passed a vote of confidence and endorsed the governor of the state, Biodun Oyebanji, for a second term in office ahead of the 2026 governorship election. The 26-member assembly, comprising 24 All Progressives Congress (APC) and two Social Democratic Party (SDP) lawmakers, unanimously announced the endorsement…
17 Oct
Steps toward establishing a commission for persons living with disabilities in Taraba State have reached an advanced stage, The Guardian can report. This was observed when a bill to that effect passed through its second reading at the State House of Assembly during a plenary session. The proposed legislation aims to create the Taraba State…
12 Oct
The Civil Society For Total Democracy (CSTD), has accused the Lagos State House of Assembly and its Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, of undermining the Supreme Court judgment on Local Government Autonomy in the state. The group said the Assembly was depriving Nigerians of the democracy of local politics and economy. The pro-democracy movement, which made the…
12 Sep
The Sokoto Executive Council has approved N119 billion for submission to the state House of Assembly as supplementary budget. The council also approved N17.9 billion for the reconstruction of different roads in the state. Addressing newsmen shortly after the meeting on Thursday, the Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Alhaji Balarabe Kadadi, said the budget…
1 Aug
Prof. Sadiq Abubakar, President of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), says its 32nd COREN Engineering Assembly is poised to address the incessant engineering infrastructure failure in Nigeria. Abubakar made this known on Wednesday in Abuja ,while briefing journalists on the 32nd COREN Engineering Assembly scheduled to hold on Aug.5 to…
22 May
The embattled Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Elvert Ayambem, has insisted he remains the head of the assembly despite his recent impeachment. The Guardian reports that no fewer than 20 members of the Assembly signed a notice of impeachment against Ayambem on Wednesday over allegations of misappropriation of funds. The motion…
22 May
The Cross River State House of Assembly has impeached its speaker, Rt. Hon. Elvert Ekom Ayambem, over allegations of misappropriation of funds. Ayambem, who represents Ikom 2 State Constituency in the Assembly, was impeached on Wednesday, May 29, by 17 of the 25 members of the House. The impeachment motion was moved by Hon. Effiom…
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