The Presidency on Friday evening confirmed the receipt of the 2018 Appropriation Bill from the National Assembly. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, confirmed the development to State House Correspondents at about…
The National Assembly has on Tuesday received the report of its appropriation committees on the 2018 budget. The report was submitted at both Senate and House of Representatives. The National Assembly had set an April 24 target for passage of…
The report by the joint Senate and House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations on the 2018 Appropriation Bill was not laid at the Senate before the chamber adjourned plenary to Tuesday next week. The Senate cancelled today’s (Thursday) plenary to…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is bracing for next year’s general elections – without cash. The polls are 291 days away, but there is no cash yet for INEC’s N300 billion budget. The cash squeeze is likely to affect…
The Director General, Budget Office, Mr Ben Akabueze, has indicated that public servants would still be pushing through the implementation of the 2018 budget against the impediments to governance by electioneering activities in the run-up to 2019 general elections. Speaking…
Worried by the delay in passing of N8.612 trillion 2018 budget by the National Assembly, Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, yesterday, mandated the Appropriation Committee, led by Senator Danjuma Goje (APC, Gombe Central), to submit its report next week. According…