Tag: Budget Presentation
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Buhari’s 2021 budget presentation will be COVID-19 compliant – Gbajabiamila
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that the 2021 budget presentation by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly would be COVID-19 compliant. The Speaker said this on Wednesday in Abuja while reading a letter of the proposed budget presentation from the president to members at plenary. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that…
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TNG Exclusive Series: Meet rep member who disrupted Buhari’s 2019 budget presentation
President Muhammadu Buhari last Wednesday presented a federal budget of N8.83 trillion for the 2019 fiscal year to a joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja. However, the budget presentation was marred with intermittent interruptions from lawmakers elected on the platforms of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and major opposition, the Peoples Democratic…
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Budget presentation: ‘Unruly’ lawmakers must apologise to Nigerians
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on members of the National Assembly to apologise to Nigerians for their unruly behaviour during President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 budget presentation. The Public Relations Officer of NANS, Mr Azeez Adeyemi, made the call on Friday in Abeokuta. Adeyemi condemned the lawmakers’ behaviour, saying that it had…
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Video: Buhari chides lawmakers for intermittently disrupting 2019 budget presentation
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday during the 2019 ongoing budget presentation chided some lawmakers for interrupting his presentation to the joint assembly of the lawmakers. From point of entering the chambers, some lawmakers were seen chanting anti-Buhari songs while some hailed him. “This will be my last speech in the 8th National Assembly” Buhari said…
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JUST IN: Aggrieved lawmakers set to ’embarrass’ Buhari during budget presentation
Indications from the National Assembly has shown that President Muhammadu Buhari may not have it smooth with some aggrieved lawmakers during today’s budget presentation to the lawmakers. The president is scheduled to commence the 2019 budget presentation anytime soon. However, some aggrieved members, particularly those not favoured during the controversial parties of the ruling All…
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Strike: NASS workers speak on Buhari’s budget presentation tomorrow
Staff of the National Assembly will not stop the president, Muhammadu Buhari, from presenting the 2019 budget to federal lawmakers, the chairman of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), Bature Mohammed, has said. Speaking as the police barricaded the National Assembly Tuesday morning, Mr Mohammed said the president is free to present the budget…
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Buhari’s budget presentation threatened as NASS workers commence warning strike Sunday
Indications emerged on Saturday that the presentation of the 2019 Appropriation Bill by President Muhammadu Buhari is under threat as National Assembly (NASS) workers are set to commence a four-day warning industrial action from tomorrow, Sunday. Recall that Buhari had written to the leadership of National Assembly that he would be presenting the 2019 budget…
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Reps threaten to boycott Buhari’s budget presentation
From Gabriel Okoro, Abuja Speaker Yakubu Dogara had read at Thursday’s plenary the letter from president Buhari asking for Wednesday next week to enable him make 2019 budget presentation before the House. Dogara while concluding noted that the letter was brought to the House just this morning. Swiftly after Speaker Dogara had read it, a…