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Kebbi assembly approves N53.5 billion supplementary budget
The Kebbi House of Assembly has passed a supplementary budget of N53.5 billion, bringing the 2024 cumulative budget figure to N303.7 billion. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Nasir Idris had on Dec. 13, 2023 signed N250.1 billion 2024 appropriation bill into law. The passing of the supplementary budget followed the consideration of the report from the…
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Sokoto Govt to present N119bn supplementary budget to State Assembly
The Sokoto Executive Council has approved N119 billion for submission to the state House of Assembly as supplementary budget. The council also approved N17.9 billion for the reconstruction of different roads in the state. Addressing newsmen shortly after the meeting on Thursday, the Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Alhaji Balarabe Kadadi, said the budget contained inflows from NG-CARES, L-Press,…
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Katsina Speaker reiterates importance of community based budget
The Speaker, Katsina State House of Assembly, Alhaji Nasir Yahaya-Daura, has reiterated the importance of community approach in budget preparation and community development projects implementation. The speaker reiterated the importance in Daura on Sunday, during a high-level stakeholders’ meeting from that Senatorial zone of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the high-level stakeholders’ meeting was in…
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2025 budget will be based on needs assessment, says Gbajabiamila
Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to the President, says the 2025 budget for State House agencies will be based on needs assessment. He said this was to ensure that funding allocated to agencies were based on actual requirements. Gbajabiamila spoke to the newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, following a one-day fact finding tour of some government agencies under the…
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Don urges ECOWAS parliament to ensure effective budget monitoring, implementation
Prof. May Nwoye, Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences, Nile University, Nigeria, has implored the ECOWAS parliament to ensure effective formulation, monitoring and implementation of community budgeting for subregional development. Nwoye made this call in her presentation at a meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament’s Joint Committee on Administration, Finance and Budget, Public Accounts, Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Research in Abidjan,…
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2025 Budget: Shettima tasks agencies on adherence to extant laws
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has urged heads of agencies to be guided by the extant provisions that established their organisations in preparing their 2025 budget. Shettima, represented by Sen. Ibrahim Hadejia, made the call during a retreat for the Chief Executives of the Ministries Department and Agencies (MDAs) under the supervision of the State House on Saturday. The News Agency of…
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ECOWAS committee proposes budget reforms
The Joint Committee of the ECOWAS Parliament has proposed new budget reforms for consideration by leaders of the subregional bloc. The committees are those of Administration, Finance, Budget, Public Accounts, Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Research. The lawmakers also recommended the amendment of the 2016 Supplementary Act, which bothers on parliamentary autonomy and powers to the bloc’s leadership. This follows the adoption…
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2025: NGO wants Kebbi govt. to dedicate budget line for PHC supervision
The Health System Strengthening (HSS) Cluster, led by the Council for Affirmative Action (COFAA) in Kebbi, has urged Dr Nasir Idris, to dedicate budget line in the 2025 state budget for adequate Primary Healthcare Centres’ supervision in the state. The Executive Director COFAA in the state, Mbami Iliya-Sabka, made the appeal at the Kebbi House of Assembly complex in Birnin…
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USAID tasks LG officials on citizens engagement in budget process
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s State2State activity has asked Local Government officials to ensure citizens engagement in the budget process for accountability, transparency and effectiveness at grassroots. Mr Emmanuel Bwala, Citizens Engagement specialist, State2State made the call at the end of a four-day training for Gombe LG Directors and Planning Officers on credible and policy-based budgeting in Yola…
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Nigeria’s budget one of lowest globally — Presidential aide
Dr Tope Fasua, Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters, Office of the Vice President, says the country’s annual budget is one of the lowest when compared the other countries. Fasua said this on Thursday in Abuja, at the public presentation of a book with title ‘Budget as a Policy Instrument for Public Financial Management’. Comparing the country’s budget…
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USAID trains Gombe LG officials on credible, policy-based budgeting
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s State2State has trained 48 officials drawn from 11 Local Government Areas of Gombe State on credible and policy-based budgeting for accountability, transparency and effectiveness. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the participants were Directors Budget and Planning, officers from priority area such as Education, Health, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) of…
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Ex-lawmaker urges MDAs to mainstream climate change in annual budget plans
Former lawmaker, Sam Onuigbo, has urged Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to mainstream Climate Change in their annual budgets as enshrined by the Act establishing it. The lawmaker, who represented Ikwuano/Umuahia North and South Federal Constituency from 2015 to 2019, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Enugu. He said that…
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N6.2trn supplementary budget for minimum wage, infrastructure, says Minister
The Federal Government says the proposed N6.2 trillion supplementary budgetary will be used to pay the minimum wage. Mr Atiku Bagudu, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, gave the assurance while addressing the House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriation in Abuja. He said that the funds would be spent on stimulating the economy through the implementation of various infrastructural…
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NDDC proposes N1.9trn for 2024 budget
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has proposed an aggregate expenditure of N1.911 trillion for the 2024 budget, tagged “Budget of Renewed Hope”. The Managing Director of NDDC, Mr Samuel Ogbuku, presented the budget before the House of Representatives Committee on NDDC in Abuja on Tuesday. He said that the primary objective in preparing the budget was to achieve the…
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Pro-Wike lawmakers give Gov. Fubara 7 days to re-present budget
The Rivers State House of Assembly faction, loyal to former governor, Nyesom Wike, has given Gov. Siminalayi Fubara a seven-day ultimatum to re-present the 2024 budget of the state. The Speaker of the faction, Martins Amaewhule, gave the ultimatum during a sitting of the members in Port Harcourt on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fubara had…
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Niger Delta: NDDC awaits budget to kickstart big ticket projects – MD
Dr Samuel Ogbuku, the Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), says the commission is waiting for the allocation of its 2024 budget to initiate big ticket projects across nine states. He said that the NDDC states are Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers. Speaking at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Friday,…
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Reps extend 2023 budget implementation timeline to December
The House of Representatives on Thursday considered and passed two bills, extending implementation of the 2023 Appropriation Act and the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Act until December. President Bola Tinubu had presented the bills via a letter read on the floor of the house by the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bills…
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