By MBAFAN ADE – An Abuja-based civic-tech non-profit organisation, PROMAD, says the practice of making the government annual budget without quality needs assessment to harness citizens’ voices is responsible for the high poverty rate in the country. Founder and Executive Director of the organization, , Daisi Omokungbe, made known...
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National Assembly Service Commission (NASC), on Friday, announced the appointment of Magaji Sani Tambuwal as acting Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA). The appointment of Tambuwal, who was Secretary, Directorate of Finance and Accounts in the National Assembly, has ended days of anxieties and confusion on the sensitive issue....
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is working toward handing over a secured Nigeria in 2023. Monguno said this when he appeared for 2023 budget defence at the National Assembly on Thursday in Abuja. He said that Nigeria needed to rely...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said the inadequate allocation of funds for projects by the National Assembly every fiscal year is responsible for project abandonment. Governor Wike made this known during the inauguration of the Dr Peter Odili Cancer Cardiovascular Diagnostic and Treatment Centre by the Emir of...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) and Policy Alert, two front-line civil society organisations (CSOs) working on economic and environmental justice in Nigeria, have asked the legislature to evolve more devolved and corruption-proof criteria for accessing ecological funds in the country. The...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has called on the National Assembly to include specific roles for traditional rulers in the ongoing constitution amendments. Governor Mohammed made the appeal in his speech shortly after presenting the staff of office to the 11th Emir of...
Adams Oshiomhole, All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Edo North seat at the National Assembly, says his focus is to change the annual budget system of Nigeria in favour of the ordinary people. Oshiomhole, also a former APC chairman, stated this on Friday at the inauguration of the party’s...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it did not request to buy sniffer dogs in its 2023 budget proposal as being insinuated in some reports. Its spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated on Saturday in Abuja that NDLEA chairman, retired Gen. Buba Marwa only spoke about dogs while...
The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs has resolved not consider the 2023 budget of the Ministry of Foreign until it complies fully with the 2022 Appropriation Act. The Chairman of the committee, Rep. Yakub Buba (APC-Adamawa) revealed the position at a 2023 budget defence session on Wednesday...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria has vowed not to allow the National Assembly or anybody to intimidate them irrespective of his position. The Chairman of the Forum, Hon. Abubakar Suleiman, stated this in a press release while reacting to a...
The National Assembly has urged the remaining 25 States Houses of Assembly, who are yet to pass the constitution amendment bills to do so in the interest of Nigerians. Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the Chairman, National Assembly Joint Committee on Constitution Review and Deputy Senate, said this at a news...
The President of the Senate, Alhaji Ahmad Lawan, says the National Assembly will pass the 2023 Appropriation Bill of N20.5 trillion before the end of December. He made this known on Tuesday in Abuja at a reception organised to celebrate the national honour of Grand Commander of the Order...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has supported call by Chief Segun Runsewe for the National Assembly (NASS) to give the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) powers to go after BBNaija for the purpose of stopping nudity. Director of MURIC, Prof. Ishaq Akintola...
Some senators on Friday, expressed divergent views on the N20.5 trillion Appropriation Bill for 2023. Those who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said it is a bill of sustainability while others said that there were areas the Buhari’s administration needed to address before handing over power...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Federal Government has provided N470 billion in the 2023 Budget for revitalisation and salary enhancements in the tertiary institutions. The President said this when he presented the 2023 Appropriation Bill of N20.5 trillion to a joint session of the National Assembly. The...
President Muhammadu Buhari says the Federal Government has allocated N470 billion for revitalisation of tertiary institutions in the country in 2023. Buhari said this when he presented N19.7 trillion 2023 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly on Friday in Abuja. The president said that government was...
President Muhammadu Buhari says additional 2,000 kilometres of roads and bridges will be constructed under the Road Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme. The president revealed this when he presented the 2023 budget proposal of N20.5 trillion at the joint session of the National Assembly (NASS), on Friday in Abuja. He...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday presented before the two chambers of the National Assembly, the proposed N19.76 trillion budget for the 2023 financial year. The N19.76 trillion budget which was presented by the president is the last he will present before his tenure elapses, and it a 15.37 per...
Security has been beefed up at the main gates to the National Assembly as President Muhammadu Buhari presents the 2023 budget estimate of N19.76 trillion to a joint session of the Assembly. A crop of security agents including the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has endorsed the 2023 budget proposal for onward presentation to the National Assembly. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, confirmed this when he addressed State House Correspondents after the Council meeting on Wednesday. The meeting was presided over by...