The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has signed the state’s 2018 appropriation bill as passed by the Edo State House of Assembly, into law. At the signing ceremony in Government House, Benin City, on Friday, Mr. Obaseki said the speedy passage of the appropriation bill was remarkable as it shows the harmony between the […]
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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, will present the 2018 Appropriation Bill to the state House of Assembly for approval on Monday. Bose Lambo, Director, Public Affairs of the Assembly, said the presentation would commence at 11 a.m. and urged guests to be punctual. “This is to inform the general public that His Excellency, Mr […]
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The 2018 budget has taken a step closer to its destination after the House of Representatives passed it through a second reading on Tuesday. The House members began discussing the bill last Tuesday. On Tuesday, they approved a second reading of the bill and referred it to the House Committee on Appropriations and all other […]
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Cross River governor, Ben Ayade, has presented the largest budget by a single state in Nigeria’s history. The governor presented a budget of N1.3 trillion for the 2018 fiscal year to the state house of assembly. Presenting the proposed budget to the house on Thursday, Ayade said it was designed to add value to the […]
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The president of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki has commented on the N8.6 trillion 2018 budget, saying he wonders if technocrats want to embarrass government. Citing an example, the senate president wondered why the budget would be predicated on 2.3 million barrels per day when the country has only able to record 1.9 million barrels […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, on Wednesday presented a budget proposal of N146bn to the House Assembly for the 2018 fiscal year. The appropriation bill tagged, “Budget of Growth,” is said to have a 15 per cent nominal increase over that of 2017 and would be used to consolidate on the infrastructural and socio-economic […]
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Speaking at the commencement of the debate on 2018 budget on Tuesday, Senator representing Abia South Senatorial District, Enyinnaya Abaribe, said the budget is dead on arrival, as it is totally fictitious. The senator said the proposed N8.6 trillion appropriation bill could not be described as a budget of consolidation because “nothing was done” in […]
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The Senate on Tuesday announced the postponement of debate on the 2018 budget submitted to the joint session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari about 2 weeks ago. Senate President and leader of the National Assembly, Bukola Saraki, made the announcement at the commencement of Tuesday’s legislative business. He told the lawmakers that […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presented about N8.612 trillion as the 2018 Budget to a joint session of the National Assembly (NASS), saying the projected expenditure will drive rapid economic recovery. He said; “With the economic recovery made so far, it is clear that we made the right decisions. President Buhari said at the session […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has written a letter to the national assembly (NASS), seeking to present the estimates of the 2018 budget. Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, read the letter at plenary on Thursday. Buhari requested to present the budget to a joint session of the national assembly at 2pm on Tuesday. Udoma […]
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