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21 Dec
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Friday presented a budget of N540.3 billion for the 2025 fiscal year to the Kwara State House of Assembly. According to AbdulRazaq, capital expenditure constitutes 62.1per cent of the fiscal plan while recurrent will get 37.9 per cent. The Kwara State Governor said the budget proposal focuses on completing ongoing projects…
12 Dec
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has presented N1.5trillion 2025 budget to the House of Assembly. The budget tagged, "Budget of Hope for Sustainability and Food Security" was presented by the Governor at the flow of the State Assembly complex in Minna, on Thursday, 12th December 2024. The 2025 budget is higher than the 2024…
11 Dec
The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Chief Olamide Oladiji, has said that the assembly would critically look at 2024 budget performance of all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in the state. Oladiji stated this on Wednesday while declaring open the defence of 2025 budget. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports…
6 Dec
Nigeria's youngest lawmaker and Minority Whip of the Ogun State House of Assembly, AbdulRasheed Kashamu, has said the House of Assembly will do its utmost best with respect to the N1.055tn Ogun State budget presented by Governor Dapo Abiodun. Governor Abiodun, on Wednesday, presented a budget of N1,054,542,020,147.47 for the 2025 fiscal year to the…
28 Nov
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State says the 2025 Appropriation Bill of over N391 billion is ready for presentation to the House of Assembly on Thursday, November 28. Nwifuru said this at the Citizen’s Budget Participation/Inputs forum held on Tuesday in Abakaliki. He said that there was a need to improve the state’s revenue generation…
27 Nov
The Kwara House of Assembly has directed Chairmen of the state’s 16 local governments to prioritise the provision of latrines and other forms of toilets to curb open defecation. The directive was part of the House’s resolutions after deliberations on a Motion on Notice on the “Need to Discourage Open Defecation in Kwara State”. The…
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…
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