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Budget, Headlines, House, Legislature
Monday, August 22nd, 2016
Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and Former Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Appropriation Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin John Ameh, Abuja Members of the Transparency Group in the House of Representatives said on Monday that despite the fact that all 10 principal officers had disowned the former Chairman, Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, those […]
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Budget, Latest Politics
Friday, May 6th, 2016
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed the 2016 Appropriation Bill into law ending weeks of face-off between the National Assembly and the Executive. The budget was signed at a brief ceremony held inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Those who witnessed the event included Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; President of […]
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Budget, Latest Politics
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor, Henry Umoru, Joseph Erunke, Emman Ovuakporie & Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA —FOR the third time, the 2016 Appropriation Bill has been returned as President Muhammadu Buhari was said to have picked holes in the re-worked budget and returned it to the National Assembly for further legislative work. It was reliably […]
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Budget, Economy, House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Wednesday, April 27th, 2016
*Ask lawmakers to revisit grey areas in 2016 budget, return exotic cars *Security operatives helpless as legislators, others stranded By Henry Umoru & Joseph Erunke ABUJA— hundreds of youths, under the aegis of Citizens United for Peace and Stability, CUPS, yesterday stormed the National Assembly calling for immediate resignation of Senate President, Saraki, on […]
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Budget, Latest Politics
Saturday, February 13th, 2016
By Omoniyi Salaudeen THE much awaited 2016 appropriation bill before the National Assembly may take a little longer than expected to be passed into law in view of the latest development arising from the debate of the document by the lawmakers. This time around, the issue is about the discrepancies in the figures contained in […]
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Budget, Latest Politics
Monday, January 18th, 2016
Monday, January 18, 2016 Buhari to withdraw 2016 budget advertisement undefined TOP HEADLINES N Letter sent to NationalAssembly – Sen. Enang … Speaker may readPresident’s letter tomorrow From Fred Itua & Kemi Yusuf, Abuja AGAINST the controversy trailing the 2016 national budget, President Muhammadu Buhari may […]
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Budget, Headlines, Kano, State News
Thursday, January 14th, 2016
KANO GOV SIGNS 2016 BUDGET INTO LAW 1 By Our Reporter on January 14, 2016 National Kano state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has signed into law, the state 2016 Appropriation Bill into law, pledging the immediate implementation of the budget. Tagged : “A Peoples Budget for Self Reliance”, the budget is in the tune […]
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Budget, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, January 14th, 2016
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Thursday, announced that the Senate will only accept the version of the 2016 Appropriation Bill that was presented by President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015 Joint Session of the National Assembly. Saraki made this statement after the Senate ad hoc committee setup to investigate the claims […]
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Budget, Headlines, House, Legislature
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015
Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara John Ameh Tuesday’s presentation of the 2016 budget estimates to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari did not go without a dramatic twist when the President surprised Senators and members of the House of Representatives with his timely arrival for the event. The lawmakers were busy exchanging […]
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Budget, House, Legislature, Senate
Monday, December 21st, 2015
By Henry Umoru, Emman Ovuakporie & Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA–AS President Muhammadu Buhari presents the 2016 Appropriation Bill to the joint session of the National Assembly comprising the Senate and the House of Representatives today, there were strong indications, yesterday, that the lawmakers are ready to ensure speedy passage of the bill. Vanguard learned that senators […]