Tag: Budget Defence
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Budget defence: NASS issues ultimatum to absentee agencies
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance has decried the failure of some government revenue generating agencies to honour invitation and appear for 2025 budget defence. The committee issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the agencies to appear or risk withdrawal of funding for 2025 operations.
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Adeleke tasks cabinet members on budget defence, lists 3 executive bills
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has tasked members of his cabinet to prepare for a detailed budget defence at the Osun House of Assembly. The governor also advised his aides to ensure that drafted executive bills were forwarded to the legislature timely.
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Budget defence: Reps C’ttee rejects N58m capital allocation to BPP
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Procurement has rejected N58 million capital allocation in the 2023 budget proposal to the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP). Rep. Nassir Ahmed, Chairman of the Committee rejected the budget proposal when Mr Mamman Ahmadu, Director General, BPP appeared before the committee to defend the 2023 budget in Abuja…
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Defence: Reps vow to withhold NSIA 2022 Budget
Disappointed by the fact that the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), has deliberately refused to submit its annual estimates to the House of Representatives
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#EndSARS violence: Senate suspends budget defence of security agencies till further notice
The Senate Committee on Interior has deferred the budget defence of security agencies till further notice. It excused the Federal Fire Service (FFS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) from the 2021 budget defence due to the fallout of the #EndSARS protests that has led to violence in some parts of the…
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Unusual 2020 Budget defence: Secrecy rules as journalists are chased out of venues
By Emman Ovuakporie The defence of budget estimates in the ninth Assembly is fast taking a different shape as hearings are conducted secretly and journalists chased out of venues. Since last week that the Senate started attending to Ministries Departments and Agencies of Government, journalists have been barred from covering major Ministries. The latest…
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Budget defence: Senate adjourns plenary for two weeks
The Senate on Tuesday, adjourned plenary for two weeks to engage Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in defence of their 2020 budget. The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan announced the adjournment during Tuesday’s plenary. Lawan said that the adjournment was to engage Ministries, Departments and Agencies for the purpose of budget defence of the…
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Budget defence: Senate uncovers fresh N2bn in Fashola’s proposal
The Senate on Tuesday was thrown into a mild drama session as the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola could not explain how an additional N2bn came about in his ministry’s budget proposal. However, Fashola denied knowledge of the N2bn allocated to Regional Housing Scheme in the 2017 budget proposal of the…