Tag: 2016 budget

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Mazi EmekaApril 10, 2016

FG to return 2016 budget to National Assembly – Here’s why

The last is yet to be heard on the controversial 2016 budget as the presidency is alleged to have discovered ...

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Mallam YeroApril 9, 2016

Buhari sends 2016 budget back to Ministries for another review

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the 2016 Appropriation Bill estimate back to the federal ministries for critical review of the ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 8, 2016

2016 budget: Vice President meets with ministers (PHOTOS)

Following the receipt of the details of 2016 Appropriation Bill from the National Assembly, the executive arm of government has ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 8, 2016

2016 Budget: Presidency unveils 6 strategic, 30 priority plans [DETAILS]

Following the receipt of the 2016 budget details from the National Assembly, the Federal Government has laid down six strategic ...

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James SamboApril 7, 2016

2016 budget details sent to Buhari… for assent

President Muhammadu Buhari has received the details of the 2016 Appropriation Bill from the National Assembly. Buhari had maintained that ...

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Kolapo OlapojuApril 2, 2016

Budget delay: ‘Don’t point fingers at Buhari’ – Presidency

The Presidency has said President Muhammadu Buhari should not be made a scapegoat for the delay in assenting into law, ...

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Op-Ed EditorMarch 30, 2016

YNaija Editorial: Now that the Budget has been passed

Three months after the 2016 Appropriation Bill was presented to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu ...

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Kolapo OlapojuMarch 30, 2016

Why President Buhari can’t sign 2016 budget just yet

The 2016 Appropriation Bill will not be signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, pending the time when the National ...

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Janeth JMarch 23, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Timi Frank feels ‘insulted’ by Oyegun | Kashamu has no chill | Trump ‘has something’ on Ted Cruz’s wife | More stories

PDP member arraigned for calling Kashamu drug baron. Vanguard Anti-Saraki Senators turns around to support Saraki. Premium Times Oyegun, Frank ...

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Mazi EmekaMarch 22, 2016

Senate to ‘concentrate’ on passing 2016 budget this week – Saraki

After months of drama and plot twists, the report on the 2016 Appropriation Bill has finally been received by both ...

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Mazi EmekaMarch 22, 2016

‘2016 budget is ready, will be passed tomorrow’

A member of the Federal House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, who represents Kiru/Bebeji Federal constituency of Kano State, has stated ...

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Mazi EmekaMarch 17, 2016

25 fresh errors discovered in 2016 budget, N37bn to be thrown out [DETAILS]

About 25 fresh errors amounting to an allocation of N37, 025, 238, 407, have been discovered in the 2016 Appropriations ...

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Kolapo OlapojuMarch 8, 2016

2016 budget is indeed ‘achievable’ as oil prices rise to all-year high of $39

The global price of crude oil has risen to above $39 per barrel, surpassing Nigeria’s 2016 budget benchmark of $38 ...

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Mazi EmekaMarch 4, 2016

2016 budget: Buhari’s N500bn special intervention fund under threat

The joint committee on appropriation, on Thursday, stated that the N500 billion intervention fund in the 2016 budget is not ...

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Mazi EmekaFebruary 21, 2016

Saraki is blackmailing Buhari with 2016 budget – Senator Marafa

Spokesperson of the Senate Unity Forum, Senator Kabir Marafa, has demanded that Senate President, Bukola Saraki, be suspended for blackmailing ...

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Mazi EmekaFebruary 21, 2016

‘Nobody can accuse this government of padding any budget’ – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Saturday, said that 2016 Appropriation Bill was not padded, noting that ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 18, 2016

Buhari orders ‘complete purge’ of Budget Office

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly ordered a comprehensive reshuffling of staff in the Budget Office as a result of the ...

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Mazi EmekaFebruary 16, 2016

2016 Budget: ‘Mere sacking won’t remove the stain on Nigeria’ – Fayose

The Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Tuesday, stated that sacking of the Direcor General of Budget, Yahaya Gusau, and ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 15, 2016

‘This budget was done in a rush’ – Senate Leader, Ali Ndume

Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, on Monday admitted that the 2016 budget of the federal government was hastily put together. After ...

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Mazi EmekaFebruary 12, 2016

Presidency orders immediate investigation of ‘2016 budget padding’

Following the recent outcry over the inconsistencies in the 2016 budget and the subsequent indefinite suspension of deliberation on the ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 10, 2016

We can’t pass 2016 budget, it contains ‘too many errors’ – National Assembly

The 2016 budget submitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, cannot be passed as scheduled, owing to the ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 9, 2016

Directors, Permanent Secretaries in worry-mode over probe of inflated 2016 budget

Directors and permanent secretaries in ministries, departments and agencies of government are said to be jittery over the Presidency’s claims ...

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Janeth JFebruary 7, 2016

We have ‘no reason to mislead’ Nigerians on 2016 budget – Presidency

The Presidency has said that the N6.08 trillion budget that was presented to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari- is ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoFebruary 7, 2016

Buhari to fire ‘mafia in civil service’ over controversial 2016 budget

President Muhammadu Buhari is set to fire some top civil servants who allegedly sabotaged the efforts of the government to ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoFebruary 3, 2016

‘I will reply Obasanjo using the right platform’ – Saraki

The Senate President of Nigeria, Olubukola Saraki, has stated that the National Assembly is making moves to ensure that there ...

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Janeth JFebruary 1, 2016

FG hasn’t yet applied for loans from World Bank

Owing to the present state of the economy, speculations have been rife that Nigeria intends to borrow $3.5 billion in ...

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Janeth JJanuary 28, 2016

Opinion: What the future holds for education in Kwara state

While hopes have been somewhat rekindled on the wheels of the CHANGE that took over governance in Nigeria with modified ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJanuary 16, 2016

Foreign Affairs Ministry budgets N1.1bn to buy computer software

The 2016 Appropriation Bill submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to the 8th Assembly has been the subject of many heated ...

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Op-Ed EditorJanuary 16, 2016

2016 budget: DSS to spend N1.1bn on construction of office buildings

by Emeka Nwankwo The Department of State Security (DSS), in its 2016 budget, plans to spend N1, 130, 480, 321 on ...

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Op-Ed EditorJanuary 15, 2016

Health Ministry budgets N297m for ‘computer printers’, N6m for ‘computers’

by Emeka Nwankwo One of the questionable appropriations in the 2016 budget is in the Federal Ministry of Health, where ...

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