The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the National Assembly to reject any provision of the Nigeria Tax Bill 2024 that undermines Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund)’s effectiveness and existence. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that TETFund is a scheme established by the Federal...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede has expressed concerns over the misrepresentation of figures in the 2025 budget proposal presented to the National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance on Monday. Fielding questions from newsmen at a sideline...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said the military expects bountiful harvest as they commence the 2025 budget defence before the National Assembly. Musa said this at the Armed Forces Celebration and Remembrance Day 2025 Regimental and Award Night for Officers of the Armed Forces...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The exclusion of the North-Central from the 2025 budget of N2.4 trillion for regional commissions has sparked widespread outrage in the geo-political zone of the country. The 2025 budget, presented by President Bola Tinubu before a joint session of the National Assembly on December...
The National Assembly has set Jan. 31 as the tentative date for passage of the N49.7 trillion 2025 Appropriation Bill presented to its joint session by President Bola Tinubu on Dec. 18, 2024. Chairman of Senate Committee on Appropriations, Sen. Solomon Adeola, stated this on Monday in Abuja at...
President Bola Tinubu has said his administration is encouraged by the National Assembly’s support over the last 19 months and is determined to take Nigeria to the Promised Land. The President spoke on Wednesday while receiving Vice President Kashim Shettima, the leadership of the National Assembly, and former principal...
President Bola Tinubu said, in his maiden media chat on Monday, that the tax reforms bill before the National Assembly had come to stay. The President said his administration must retool the economy and that he had the capacity to focus on what the country needed. “We cannot continue...
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has faulted the pushback by the 19 northern governors against the tax reform bills introduced by President Bola Tinubu. “As far as I am concerned, that tax bill must go on,” the nonagenarian said on the Sunday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande,...
By Kingsley Okoye, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Since the recent introduction of four tax reform bills by the executive arm, the National Assembly has taken a significant step toward contributing significantly to the latter’s quest to revolutionalise the country’s tax system. Over the years, many tax experts, who have...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday assured Nigerians of better days ahead as economic reforms introduced by his government had started yielding positive results. The president said there had been noticeable signals of improved security, education, and health care, as well as a 3.46 per cent GDP growth in the...
President Bola Tinubu says the Federal Government targets N34.82 trillion revenue to fund the N47.9 trillion 2025 budget. Tinubu stated this on Wednesday in Abuja while presenting the 2025 Appropriation Bill to joint session of the National Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the N47.9 trillion...
The President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has commended President Bola Tinubu for doubling aggregate government revenues to over N18.32 trillion. Akpabio gave the commendation on Wednesday, when Tinubu presented the 2025 Appropriation Bill before a Joint Session of the National Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Security and defence, infrastructure, health and education were some of the sectors with high allocations in the N47.9tn Budget Proposal presented by President Bola Tinubu before a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday afternoon. “It is with great pleasure that I lay before this distinguished joint session...
Security has been beefed up at the National Assembly Complex ahead of presentation of 2025 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reportes that budget presentation which was earlier slated to hold on Tuesday, Dec 17...
The Federal Executive Council has given final approval to the 2025 budget to be presented by President Bola Tinubu. Speaking to State House correspondent shortly after the FEC meeting chaired by President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa on Monday, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu said...
Two Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to reverse the removal of Justice Danladi Umar as Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) by the National Assembly (NASS). The plaintiffs; Community Rescue Initiative, Toro Concerned Citizens of a Relief Foundation and an...
President Bola Tinubu will on Tuesday, present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the joint session of the National Assembly. This was disclosed by President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio, during the plenary on Thursday. Akpabio said the budget presentation would take place at the chamber of House of Representatives. NAN...
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has said the National Assembly will prioritise the interest of all Nigerians in considering the Tax Reform Bills. Akpabio made the pledge on Wednesday in Abuja at a roundtable on the four tax reform bills organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – A Coalition of Northern groups (CNG), has called for immediate suspension of Tax Reform Bills so as to allow wider engagement and collective inputs of critical stakeholders and Nigerian citizens towards implementing a more equitable, transparent and sustainable Tax administration reform for the country....
Senators from the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria have expressed support for the Tax Reform Bills presented to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu. The lawmakers under the aegis of the South-South Senators’ Forum stressed the importance of tax reforms in boosting national revenue and fostering economic stability....