Tag: nass budget
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Senate reintroduces bill for NASS budget office
The Senate on Thursday reintroduced a Bill seeking to establish the National Assembly Budget and Research Office (NABRO). The Bill, which was passed by the 8th Senate on May 3, 2019 failed to receive assent of President Muhammadu Buhari. Following its reintroduction at plenary, the Bill which scaled first reading was sponsored by Sen. Rose…
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Line by line details of NASS 2017 budget
The 8th National Assembly led by President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki has kept to his promise by releasing to the public details of the 2017 budget of the National Assembly. Recall there had been clamours from various quarters particularly on social media that the National Assembly should make details of its budget known…
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National Assembly passes 2017 budget
The National Assembly has passed the 2017 Appropriations Bill, raising the budget from N7.28 billion earlier proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari in December last year, to N7.44 trillion. The Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives separately presented their harmonised reports of the budget for consideration and subsequent passage on Thursday. According…
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#OpenNass: Nigerians hail Saraki, Dogara for unveiling NASS budget, ending 8-yr of secrecy
The National Assembly, Thursday, for the first time, published the details of its budget, beginning with the 2017 budget, to underscore transparency as earlier promised by the President of the 8th Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki. Reacting to the recent landmark, some Nigerians who expressed their views on the internet hailed the law making body and…