Atiku Bagudu
6 Feb
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday proposed an additional allocation of N4.53 trillion to the 2025 Appropriation Bill, with a view to bolstering economic diversification, infrastructure development, and national security.
10 Jan
Drama unfolded at the National Assembly yesterday as Finance Minister Wale Edun faced intense questioning from senators during a hearing on the performance of the 2024 budget and the 2025 appropriation bill .
17 Dec
Federal Executive Council (FEC), yesterday, approved the 2025 Budget proposal.
30 Sep
Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, has announced the Federal Government’s approval of N350 billion under the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Fund to support dams and expand irrigation facilities nationwide.
20 Sep
An analysis of Nigeria’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) by ActionAid Nigeria has revealed that 65 per cent of poor people, about 86 million people, live in the Northern part of the country, while 36 per cent, which is nearly 47 million people live in the South.
18 Sep
The Federal Government has blamed the delay in the disbursement of support to local manufacturers on the need for the ministries of Finance and Budget/Economic Planning to improve the policy framework.
9 Aug 2024
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, has said that Nigeria’s $20 billion budget lags behind the budgets of other populous countries such as Indonesia and Brazil, and may not support fast-paced development.
29 Jul 2024
Mr President, peace be unto you. I weigh in on the Samoa Agreement controversy sparked by Nigeria’s accession to the agreement in a manner most indiscreet.
Mr. President, in early 2014, Senator Murktar and I represented Nigeria
11 Jun 2024
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Atiku Bagudu, has provided insight into the proposed 2024 Appropriation Bill, which will be partly funded with the N50 billion Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF), currently domiciled in the National Sovereign Wealth Investment Authority (NSWIA). He explained that the N50 billion in the PIDF would not be…
30 Apr 2024
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, yesterday, reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to addressing the challenge of malnutrition in the country by leveraging data from the National Food Consumption and Micronutrient Survey (NFCMS) report.
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