Tag: budget

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Mazi EmekaJune 4, 2016

Again, Fashola blames Jonathan for bad roads

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Friday, disclosed that the Jonathan administration’s inability to pay contractors ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 30, 2016

This is what Buhari and House of Reps lawmakers will be doing tonight

After surviving the 2016 budget back and forth with the federal lawmakers, President Muhammadu Buhari has invited them for a ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 29, 2016

The 14 highlights of the Buhari presidency so far

Over the last year, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has been marked by dramas – like any other major ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 27, 2016

Why Minister of Finance can’t guarantee full budget implementation

The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has said that there is no guarantee that the Federal Government would implement the ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 18, 2016

Opinion: Why Nigerians need to support President Buhari in these hard times

by Kolawole Omole I think as Nigerians, we have to be honest with ourselves about the true state of our ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 18, 2016

Nigerian Twitter blasts government over 9-page 2016 budget

The Presidency signed the 2016 budget into law on May 6, 2016 in the presence of the embattled Senate President, ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 18, 2016

FG finally releases 2016 budget (DETAILS)

From the submission of the 2016 budget by President Muhammadu Buhari on December 22, 2015 to the ‘stealing’, padding and eventual ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 16, 2016

Dear presidential media team, this tweet is for you

Roses are red, violets are blue. Infographics are nice but we'd like the full budget too. — Somachi ChrisAsoluka (@SomaKudi) ...

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Op-Ed EditorMay 16, 2016

Opinion: The problem with Buhari is that he is rather too full of himself

You know what they say about democracy being ‘a government of the people, by the people and for the people’? ...

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YWriterMay 14, 2016

“The antics of our opponents will be judged” | The Kogi governor comes out kicking and screaming

A Premium Times investigation was searing about the Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello, accusing him, amongst other things on squandering the ...

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YWriterMay 9, 2016

YNaija Editorial: On the budget, our lawmakers have acted like public enemies

  The 2016 budget has finally been passed – five months into the New Year. Certainly, spin as it may, ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 8, 2016

‘2016 budget will be fully implemented’ – Minister

Despite his initial statement that the 2016 budget might not achieve a 100 percent implementation, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. ...

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Dele BenjaminMay 7, 2016

Why FG can’t achieve full implementation of 2016 budget

As a result of the late assent of the 2016 budget, the Federal Government has said it’s unlikely that full ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 6, 2016

The moment President Buhari signed the controversial 2016 budget (PHOTOS)

After months of a seemingly endless back and forth between the National Assembly and Presidency, the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on ...

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James SamboMay 3, 2016

Buhari ‘not satisfied’ with reworked budget, ‘returns’ document

President Muhammadu Buhari may have returned the 2016 appropriation bill to the National Assembly for the third time. The re-worked ...

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Op-Ed EditorMay 2, 2016

Opinion: What next… after signing the 2016 budget?

Year in, year out, the Federal government of Nigeria and indeed the state governments prepare budgets in line with their ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoApril 26, 2016

Saraki, Ekweremadu, others to meet with Buhari over budget controversy

A lasting solution to the standoff between the National Assembly and the Presidency on the 2016 budget, might soon be ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 25, 2016

Buhari consults Nnamani, Masari on 2016 budget

As the 2016 budget crisis continues to drag on, President Muhammadu Buhari has consulted experienced former legislators on ways to ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 25, 2016

How Presidency’s refusal to work with Ekweremadu caused budget crisis

The controversy trailing the 2016 budget is alleged to have arisen over the Presidency’s refusal to work with an ad-hoc ...

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Op-Ed EditorApril 23, 2016

YNaija Editorial: A cocktail of anomalies at the Senate

The past few weeks have witnessed very interesting happenings at the Senate – which were extremely absurd for Nigerians who ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoApril 18, 2016

N12bn worth of ‘strange projects’ discovered in Agriculture ministry’s budget

Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh and his team have reportedly found 386 strange additions worth N12.6 billion in the ministry’s ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 14, 2016

Lagos-Calabar rail project: NASS remain divided as Southern Senators reject budget

Following the heat generated from the alleged re-padding of the 2016 budget, Senators from the Southern part of the country ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 13, 2016

National Assembly ready to ‘re-examine’ 2016 budget

Speaker of the House of Representative, Yakubu Dogara, on Wednesday, expressed the readiness of the house to review the 2016 ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 12, 2016

‘Buhari is challenged by age, exposure and ability’ – Fayose

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Monday, stated that the controversy surrounding the 2016 budget was a confirmation of ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoApril 12, 2016

2016 budget: ‘Unholy act by NASS is unacceptable’ – APC

In a continuation of the drama that has so far surrounded the proposed 2016 budget, the All Progressives Congress (APC) ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 12, 2016

Ministry of Budget receives evidence on the controversial ‘Lagos-Calabar rail project’

On Monday, the Ministry of Budget and National Planning received evidence that the Calabar-Lagos rail line project was indeed included ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoApril 11, 2016

Presidency denies rejecting 2016 budget from NASS

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Ita Enang, has dismissed reports that President Muhammmadu Buhari ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoApril 11, 2016

‘Despicable, barefaced lies’ | Yakubu Dogara denies 2016 budget re-padding

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has denied reports by some media outfits that key infrastructural projects ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoApril 10, 2016

‘Nigerians are being misled’ | Lawmaker says Presidency lied about re-padded budget

Following the rejection of the 2016 budget which came from the National Assembly to the Presidency -by President Muhammadu Buhari ...

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James SamboApril 7, 2016

I never signed budget without details – Obasanjo

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday, said he never signed budgets into law without seeing the details and full breakdown, ...

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