Tag: 2018 budget
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2018 Budget: Why NASS includes additional funding for Primary Healthcare
Senator Lanre Tejuoso, Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, has revealed why the National Assembly, included funding for the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) in the 2018 Appropriations Bill. In a press statement delivered to newsmen in Abuja, Senator Tejuoso stated that: “While the Executive did not include the BHCPF in the 2018 Appropriation Bill submitted…
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2018 budget: Full allocation to presidency, MDAs, others
The National Assembly, last Wednesday, passed the Nigeria 2018 Appropriation Bill six months after it was presented by the executive. President Muhammadu Buhari had at a joint-session of the National Assembly last November laid a budget proposal of N8,612,236,953,214 (N8.6 trillion) to the lawmakers. But the red chamber of the National Assembly inflated the budget…
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Is 2018 Budget from same template for slow death? By Henry Boyo
By Henry Boyo The National Assembly on 16th May, enacted a federal budget of ₦9.12tn. The increase by ₦508bn on the ₦8.612tn budget, earlier presented to the legislature in November 2017, by President Mohammadu Buhari, was reportedly agreed with the Federal Executive, after the benchmark for crude oil price was reviewed from $45 to $51/barrel,…
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We’ll send passed 2018 budget to Buhari this week – Reps
The House of Representatives has said President Muhammadu Buhari will receive a passed copy of the 2018 budget for final assent this week. Recall that the National Assembly passed the N9.12tn budget on Wednesday last week after the Appropriation Bill had spent more than six months at the legislature. The final figure was raised by…
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Include fuel subsidy in 2018 supplementary budget, Saraki tells Buhari
Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Wednesday said the Executive must provide for fuel subsidy in the supplementary 2018 budget. He said this in his comment after the passage of 2018 budget. Recall that the Senate last month warned the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to halt illegal payment of subsidy without appropriation. In a resolution,…
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BREAKING: Senate passes 2018 Budget
The Senate has passed the 2018 Appropriation Bill following the consideration and adoption of the report by the joint National Assembly Committee on Appropriation. The report was laid before the Senate on Tuesday, while the lawmakers considered and adopted it at an extended plenary on Wednesday. The same version of the report was presented in…
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NASS increases 2018 budget from N8.612tn to N9.120tn
The National Assembly has increased the 2018 budget from the initial N8.612 trillion to N9.120 trillion. The details of the budget were listed on the order paper available at the Nigerian Senate on Tuesday, May 15. The report was laid by Danjuma Goje, Chairman of the Senate Appropriation Committee and seconded by Senator Matthew Uroghide.…
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Reps receive 2018 Budget report, to be passed Wednesday
The House of Representatives on Tuesday said the 2018 Appropriation Bill of N9.12 trillion would be passed on Wednesday. Deputy Speaker of the House, Yussuff Lasun, who presided at plenary, made this known after the budget report was presented by the Chairman, Committee on Appropriation, Rep. Mustapha Dawaki. The N9.12 trillion-Budget is N410 billion higher…
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JUST IN: National Assembly receives 2018 budget report
The National Assembly on Tuesday received the report of its appropriation committees on the 2018 budget. The report was submitted at both Senate and House of Representatives. At the Senate, the report was submitted by Danjuma Goje, chairman Senate committee on appropriations. President Muhammadu Buhari in November 2017 presented an N8.6 trillion 2018 budget before…
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We’ll pass 2018 Budget next week – Reps
The House of Representatives on Tuesday assured Nigerians that the 2018 Budget will be passed next week. While briefing reporters at the National Assembly on Thursday, the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Publicity, Abdulrasak Namdas said that barring all unforeseen circumstances, the 2018 Appropriation bill will be passed into law. He said: “By the…