Tag: BUDGET

Ramadan feeding: Sokoto govt. shares garri, ƙuli-ƙuli, sachet water after budgeting ₦1bn for programme

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Sokoto Govt. on Ramadan feeding

The Ahmad Aliyu-led Sokoto State government reportedly budgeted ₦1 billion for a Ramadan feeding programme intended to provide meals to vulnerable residents across the state.  The programme was said to target about 34,000 meals per day from its 170 feeding centres throughout the fasting period.  Despite this, photos circulated online on social media platform X showing residents receiving only garri, Æ™uli-Æ™uli, and sachet water as the relief items under the programme. These posts claimed the small quantities of these items did not reflect the scale of the ₦1 billion budget. …

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FG orders MDAs to defer 70% of 2025 capital budget to 2026

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The Federal Government has directed Ministries, Departments and Agencies, (MDAs), to carry over 70% of their 2025 capital allocations into the 2026 fiscal year. The directive is contained in the 2026 Abridged Budget Call Circular issued by the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning and circulated to ministers, service chiefs, and heads of agencies. According to the circular, the government had adopted a new framework that caps all 2026 capital budget ceilings at 70% of 2025 project allocations. Only 30% of this year’s capital budget will be released in 2025,…

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Tinubu presents ₦1.78tr FCT Budget to N’Assembly

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Tinubu presents

President Bola Tinubu has presented a ₦1.78 trillion budget proposal for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to the 10th National Assembly. Tinubu, in a letter read on the floor of the Green Chamber yesterday by Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, urged the lawmakers to fast-track its passage to facilitate critical development projects in the nation’s capital. Tinubu stated that the budget presentation was in compliance with Section 299 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which empowers the president to lay the FCT’s budget before the Legislature.…

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FG to spend ₦8bn on orientating Nigerians on electricity bills payment – Minister

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Power minister Adelabu

The Federal Ministry of Power is proposing to spend ₦8 billion to orientate Nigerians on prompt payment of electricity bills in 2025. Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, who disclosed this on Monday, while defending the ministry’s budget before the National Assembly joint committee on power, said the advocacy would be done through social, digital and print mediums in order to reach all Nigerians. According to him, “We are a people of over 200 million strength. So we need to go through all the loopholes, through social media, through digital media,…

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State House budgets ?15bn for SUVs, car tyres, others

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State House budgets

The State House has earmarked ?15.09bn for the purchase of tyres for bulletproof vehicles, Sport Utility Vehicles, (SUVs), operational vehicles, and plain cars, and the construction of an office complex for Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants. It also proposed a total sum of ?5.49bn as a provision for the annual maintenance of the Presidential Villa. These details were disclosed in the newly released 2025 Appropriation Bill by the Budget Office of the Federation on Thursday. Recall that President Bola Tinubu presented the 2025 Budget titled: “Budget of Restoration: Securing…

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‘Nigeria’s proposal to run 4 Budgets simultaneously an anomaly’ – BudgIT

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BudgIT

A leading civic-tech organisation promoting transparency, accountability and effective service delivery in Nigeria, BudgIT, has decried the proposed elongation of the implementation period for the 2023 Approved Budget and 2023 Supplementary Budget from the proposed termination date of December 31, 2023, to December 31, 2024, noting that it is an anomaly. Recall that the 2023 Approved Budget of N21.83 trillion, signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari in January 2023, was designed to run for 12 calendar months from January to December, as is the practice globally. In addition, while…

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NASS extends implementation of 2023 Supplementary Budget to Dec 31

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NASS on Suppl Budget

The National Assembly has extended the life cycle of the 2023 Supplementary Budget from June 30 to December 31, 2024. The Red Chamber yesterday suspended all its rules and gave an expeditious passage to a Bill seeking the extension in less than 20 minutes. The House of Representatives also yesterday, passed the 2023 Appropriation Act (Amendment) Bill 2024. The legislative chamber voted in support of all the clauses contained in the two Bills. Earlier before the passage of the Bill, the lawmakers went into a closed-door session for two hours.…

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How 30 Govs. spent N968.64bn on refreshments, others in 3 months – Report

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State Govs.

No fewer than 30 State governments of the federation spent N986.64bn on recurrent expenditures, including refreshments, sitting allowances, travelling, utilities, etc., in the first three months of 2024, according to reports. The States’ Budget implementation reports was obtained from Open Nigerian States, a website supported by BudgIT that acts as a repository for public budget, showed for the first three quarters of the year; data for six States was not available. A breakdown showed that the 30 State governments spent N5.1billion on refreshments for guests, N4.67bn on sitting allowances to…

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Budget-padding Controversy: BudgIT confirms Ningi’s N3.7tr allegation

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A civic organisation focused on the Nigerian budget and public data, BudgIT, has thrown its weight behind suspended Senator Abdul Ningi on a N3.7 trillion gap in the 2024 Budget presented to the National Assembly. The Director and co-founder of BudgIT, Seun Onigbinde, made this known during an interview in a television programme yesterday, stressing that Ningi was right if he posited that there was no detailed allocation for N3.7 trillion in the 2024 Budget. Recall that Senator Ningi, representing Bauchi-Central senatorial district, was suspended on Tuesday by the Upper…

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Tinubu submits FCTA 2024 Budget to H/Reps.

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….Seeks speedy consideration President Bola Tinubu has submitted the 2024 Budget for the Federal Capital Territory Administration, (FCTA), to the House of Representatives for consideration and passage. The President’s letter seeking the passage of the Budget, which was read on the floor of the House during the plenary session yesterday, was however silent on the estimates. The letter reads: “In line with the provisions of sections 121 and 299 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, (as amended), the Honourable Minister of the Federal Capital Territory has…

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