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The Ondo State House of Assembly has rejected the 2024 supplementary budget brought before the legislature by the executive arm
24 Sep
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, on Tuesday, presented an N94.6 billion supplementary budget to the State House of Assembly for approval. READ ALSO:Bala Mohammed: Accolades from unexpected quarters [d] The governor’s request was conveyed in a letter and read at the plenary by the Majority Leader of the House,…
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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…
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No fewer than eight students with hearing disabilities graduated with First Class honours at the weekend during the 13th convocation ceremony of Wesley University, Ondo State. The deaf scholars were among the 39 graduands who bagged first-class degrees out of the 230 graduating students in the 2023/2024 academic session of the faith-based institution. Speaking during…
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