According to Zenith Bank Founder/Chairman, Jim Ovia, businesses stand a chance to triple growth rate and earnings through innovation and technology. The options are to “innovate and transform or die”, he said. It is the technology age and businesses operating out of Africa should continually adopt technology to experience exponential scale in their business development.”... Read More

Minimum wage: Buhari inaugurates Technical Advisory Committee on implementation

President Muhammadu Buhari has formally inaugurated a Technical Advisory Committee headed by renowned economist and financial expert, Bismark Rewane, to advise the Federal Government on how best to fund, in a sustained manner, the additional costs that will arise from the implementation of the consequential increases in salaries and allowances for workers currently earning above the... Read More

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February 23, 2017

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No padding in 2017 budget – Akabueze

by Dolapo Adelana The Federal Government on Thursday dismissed claims that the 2017 budget was padded and filled with frivolous and unclear expenditures. The Director-General, Budget Office, Mr. Ben Akabueze, made the clarification while addressing journalists and members of the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on the 2017 budget in Abuja. On the controversial N2 billion housing... Read More

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February 14, 2017

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[The Legislative Blog]: Is the Senate trying to lie to us or is it the presidency that is confused?

There seems to be some sort of confusion with the information provided by the Nigerian Senate’s Twitter account over the submission of Mr Ben Akabueze, Director General of the Budget Office of the Federation, at the ongoing public hearing of the 2017 budget. The Senate’s account tweeted this on Monday: Ben Akabueze says due to... Read More

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December 19, 2016

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FG to use N258bn from recovered loot to fund 2017 budget

The Federal Government says it plans to use N250 billion out of funds recovered from corrupt officials to finance the 2017 budget. Ben Akabueze, director-general of the National Budget Office, disclosed this while fielding questions from reporters at the presidential villa in Abuja, on Monday. Akabueze said N72 billion of the money had already been... Read More

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June 9, 2016

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Buhari appoints Ben Akabueze DG of Budget Office

Ben Akabueze, the Special Adviser on Planning to President Muhammadu Buhari has been appointed as the new Director General of the Budget Office of the Federation. Akabueze’s appointment was announced on Thursday, by the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina. The new DG of Budget Office takes over from Tijani... Read More

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February 15, 2016

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Buhari shakes up Budget Office, replaces DG, SA to the Minister

Tijjani Abdullahi’s appointment as the new Director-General in charge of the Budget Office of the Federation, has been approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. Abdullahi replaces Yahaya Gusau, who was appointed to the Budget Office, six months ago, on August 18, 2015. The new DG of the Budget Office us a fellow of the Certified National... Read More

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January 29, 2014

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Why we can’t build the 4th Mainland Bridge now – Lagos gov’t

by Akan Ido The Lagos State government has given reasons for the delay in the construction of the proposed Fourth Mainland Bridge citing the high cost of the project. This was disclosed yesterday by the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Ben Akabueze and Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Dr. Femi Hamzat, during an inter-ministerial... Read More

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September 19, 2012

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More, please: Fashola requests N30bn supplementary budget

by Stanley Azuakola The Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola wants more money. Even though the state House of Assembly had approved over N430 billion in the year 2012 budget which was signed into law, the governor wants an amendment to the Year 2012 Budget Appropriation, to allow the government access extra N30billion. Fashola sent a supplementary budget,... Read More

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