Tag: 2018 budget
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$1bn insurgency fund might be supplementary part of 2018 Budget – Ita Enang
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang, has said the one billion dollars insurgency fund approved by governors for the Federal Government to tackle insecurity in the country might pass as a supplementary bill in the 2018 budget. The Presidential aide stated this while addressing Statehouse correspondents on Friday…
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Senate, Adeosun war over FG’s plan to pass 2018 budget in January
The Senate on Tuesday challenged the Minister of Finance kemi Adeosun, on Federal Government’s insistence on passing the 2018 Budget in January when less than 50 per cent of the 2017 budget was only implemented. The upper chamber also queried why the 2017 Budget had no correlation to the 2018 Budget, insisting the implementation, if…
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Drama as Senate uncovers padding, duplication of items in Fashola’s 2018 ministry budget
There was mild drama on Monday as the Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy uncovered padding of proposed expenditures and duplication of items in the in the 2018 budget estimates of the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing. In the budget proposals, the Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, PDP, Abia South-led Senate Committee discovered that…
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UPDATE: As predicted, Ambode presents N1.046trn 2018 budget proposal to Lagos Assembly
As predicted by TheNewsGuru, Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday presented a N1.046 trillion 2018 budget proposal to the Lagos State House of Assembly. Following the trends of the State’s previous year’s budgets, TheNewsGuru predicted Governor Ambode will most likely present a 2018 budget towering more than N1 trillion. On Monday, TheNewsGuru reports the…
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2018 Budget: Buhari postpones FEC meeting to Thursday
The weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, expected to hold on Wednesday (today) has been postponed to Thursday (tomorrow) to allow for completion of preparation of the 2018 budget. This was revealed in a tweet by the official handle of Office of the President @NGRPresident on Wednesday. The Presidency reiterated its commitment to…
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2018 budget ready, to be passed to NASS for approval before month end – FG
The Federal Government has reiterated its determination to pass the 2018 budget to the National Assembly before October ending. This disclosure was made by the minister of state for Budget and National Planning Hajia Zainab Mohammed at a press briefing to mark the end of the 23rd Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja on Thursday. Hajia…
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National Assembly gets 2018 Budget by October – Presidency
The Presidency has assured Nigerians that the Nigeria’s 2018 Appropriation Bill will be submitted to the National Assembly in October. Ita Enang, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters (Senate), gave the assurance when he appeared at the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja. The National Assembly had last year fixed…