By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has assured citizens of Cross River and Akwa Ibom state that priority has been given in the nation’s 2024 budget to addressing the precarious road infrastructure in the two sister states. Sen. Akpabio gave the assurance,...
2024 budget
President Bola Tinubu has sought the approval of the Senate for 2023-2024 external borrowing plan of 8.6 billion dollars and 100 million euros. This is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate,Godswill Akpiabio and read at plenary on Tuesday. Tinubu said the request for the borrowings...
President Bola Tinubu will present the 2024 budget estimate to a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday. Reliable sources in the upper chamber informed the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday. The sources said the President had written to both the President of the Senate,...
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, has said that Nigeria cannot rely on borrowing to fund the 2024 budget. Edun stated this on Thursday when he appeared before the joint Senate Committee on the 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has presented a N217 billion Finance and Appropriation Bill for the 2014 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly. Governor Buni during the presentation on Tuesday, said budget which is tagged: “Budget of Consolidation and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke is to submit the 2024 budget proposals to the State House of Assembly this Thursday by 10am. This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Osogbo by the governor’s spokesman, Malam Olawale Rasheed. The statement...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau on Tuesday, presented a budget of N295.4 billion for 2024, to the state House of Assembly for approval. Speaking at the ceremony, Mutfwang said that the budget tagged “Budget of New Beginnings”, was aimed at laying a solid foundation for the...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says it has budgeted a significant increase in annual direct disbursements in response to improvement in tax collections. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday at an Interactive session with heads of beneficiary institutions on...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it is ready to partner with critical stakeholders of the region to fashion out an implementable budget for the commission in the 2024 budget. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the commission, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, said this in Uyo on Monday during a...
A three-day retreat organised by the Lagos State House of Assembly for lawmakers and legislative workers on the N1.692 trillion 2023 budget presented by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu ended on Sunday. Gov. Sanwo-Olu presented the budget entitled “Budget of Continuous Development’’ to the House on Oct. 27. The House committed...