Tag: 2016 BUDGET
Buhari finally signs 2016 budget
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed the 2016 Appropriation Bill into law after weeks of face-off between the Executive and the National Assembly.
The budget...
Buhari to sign budget after peace meeting with NASS leaders in...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday evening met with Principal Officers of the Senate and House of Representatives at the State House with a resolution...
Nigeria: The economic upside, by Kemi Adeosun
Nigerians voted for change and to attain that change there is a need to do things differently, in the recognition that doing what we...
Budget padding: Buhari sacks DG, Budget Office
Embarrassed by the controversy over alleged padding of the 2016 budget figures, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday sacked the Director-General, Budget Office, Mr. Yahaya...
Why we plan to spend half a trillion naira on social...
The need to pay attention to the common man and spend the country’s resources on the poor is the reason President Muhammadu Buhari has...
Tambuwal signs 2016 budget into law
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, Wednesday signed the 2016 appropriation bill into law with a pledge to fully implement the budget for the benefit...
Tinubu’s wife accuses APC of using and abandoning women
Senator Oluremi Tinubu, representing Lagos Central Senatorial district at the National Assembly, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of using and abandoning women.
The...
Buhari submits corrected 2016 budget to National Assembly
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Tuesday announced that President Muhammadu Buhari has formally sent a corrected version of the 2016 budget to the National Assembly.
Saraki...
TSA: Sokoto uncovers N1.5b in idle accounts
Two weeks after the formal introduction of the Treasury Single Accounting (TSA) system in Sokoto, the state government said it has uncovered the sum...
Senators accuse Buhari’s aide of submitting doctored budget
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Thursday, accused the Presidency of submitting two versions of the 2016 budget to lawmakers.
Saraki specifically said the version submitted by...