President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday sign into law the revised 2020 budget passed by the National Assembly in June. The Personal Assistant on New Media to the President, Bashr Ahmad, confirmed this on his twitter handle in Abuja on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two chambers of the National Assembly, […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has slashed the 2020 budget from N10.594 trillion to N10.276 trillion in view of global economic decline as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The amended budget has been sent to the National Assembly for consideration. In the budget the oil benchmark was also reduced from 57 dollars per barrel […]
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Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, has said that the 2020 Bidget will be passed before the end of the year, calling on all concerned to defend their budget. He said this in a statement by Ola Awoniyi, his Special Adviser on Media, during the unveiling of the Legislative Agenda of the House of Representatives, stating […]
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Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, the Senate Minority Leader, has termed the 2020 appropriation bill as a “budget of taxation”. According to him, while he was speaking during plenary on the floor of the Senate, the Senator who represents Abia South held that the budget was not sustainable. Abaribe argued that it wasn’t sustainable because debt serving […]
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Budget of sustaining Growth and Job creation By: His Excellency: President Muhammadu Buhari, Federal Republic of Nigeria at the joint session of the National Assembly, on Tuesday, Abuja Tuesday October 8, 2019. PROTOCOLS 1. I will start by asking you to pardon my voice. As you can hear, I have a cold as a result […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari, has said he’s suffering from cold because he’s working hard to move the country forward. He said this while he was to present the budget at the National Assembly, on Tuesday. This was after the President had observed protocols, and he apologised for his voice, saying he was cold because he works […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday 8th of October, submit the 2020 appropriation bill to the National Assembly. This was the content of a letter which was sent to and read by Speaker Femi Gbajambiamila on Thursday. The letter stated that President Muhammadu Buhari requested for 2pm on Tuesday afternoon, for the presentation of the […]
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