The National Assembly on Friday listed and justified 24 new project it added to the recently passed 2018 budget. Aliyu Abdullahi, Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, and Abdulrazak Namdas, his House of Representatives counterpart, addressed a joint press briefing at the National Assembly in Abuja on Friday to give the lawmakers position […]
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Following the justification of alterations made to the 2018 budget by the National Assembly, the presidency has taken another swipe at the lawmakers for not being contended with the N170 billion funds for constituency projects. The presidency said it is surprised the lawmakers were cutting allocations of national projects, despite having “enough”. Recall that while […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday signed the N9.12 trillion 2018 budget at the State House in Abuja after seven months of its submission to National Assembly (NASS). The President, who signed the budget on Wednesday, however, expressed concern over changes made by NASS to the budget proposal. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) had on Oct. […]
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The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the 2018 budget next week. Adesina said this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The President’s […]
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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang, on Friday confirmed receipt of the 2018 Budget passed by the National Assembly (NASS). The NASS had on May 16 passed the 2018 Appropriation Bill of N9.12 trillion. The budget was increased by the legislature by N508 billion from the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday receive the 2018 budget a week after its passage by the National Assembly, Senate President Bukola Saraki disclosed. Saraki made this known to State House correspondents after the breaking of (Ramadan) fast with Buhari at the President Villa, Abuja on Thursday. Saraki explained that the delay in transmission of […]
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The Senate has passed the 2018 Budget of N9.12 Trillion following the consideration and adoption of the Budget report laid on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday. This is coming 6 months afterthe budget document was presented to a joint session of the National Assembly in November. The Budget document passed on […]
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The National Assembly (NASS) has increased the size of the 2018 budget to N9.120 trillion from N8.612 trillion. The details of the budget were listed on the order paper available at the senate. The budget was laid by Danjuma Goje, chairman of the senate appropriation committee. Yusuf Lasun, speaker of the house, who presided over […]
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The majority leader of the senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday said the 2018 budget of the national assembly would be made public. Lawan said this while briefing journalists on the objectives of the “Open NASS” initiative designed to increase public access to the operations of the national assembly. Lawan heads the special committee set up […]
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A joint section of the Senate and the House of Representatives, making up the National Assembly (NASS) has fixed April 24th as the day it will pass the 2018 budget. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, made the announcement in plenary. He said the budget would be laid on April 19 […]
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