By Ola Awoniyi What was the motive of Distinguished Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi for raising a controversy over the 2024 federal budget? Since the Senate at its Plenary of Tuesday 12th March, 2024 deliberated over the matter and handed a…
Alleged budget padding: Bala Mohammed, PDP call for independent investigation, condemn suspension of NingiFollowing the suspension of the Senator representing Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi over allegations of budget padding to the tune of N3.7 trillion, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
…Senate suspends Ningi, more controversies hit Upper Chamber …We are all guilty, nobody has a right to accuse Ningi — Senator Jarigbe By Moses Adeniyi Plenary for the Senate on Tuesday was coloured with rowdy session which further exposed the…
Senate on Tuesday explained that the N3trillion alleged to be padded in 2024 budget was actually statutory transfers to first line charge agencies of government not domiciled in the ministries. Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity Sen.Yemi Adaramodu gave…
Following claims by Senator Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Central, that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government is a different version of the 2024 budget, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga has stated unequivocally…
The Chairman,Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu has said that the National Assembly did not pad the 2023 supplementary budget with N70bn. In a statement yesterday, Senator Yemi said that the passage of the Supplementary Appropriation Act…
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Monday, tasked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to arrest or invite for interrogation the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed over the alleged insertion of N206,242,395,000 into…
At a time Nigeria is deeply hit with the scourge of financial insolvency with the depth of limitations to fund capital projects in response to the pressing demands of the economy, the only rational necessity in public finance would be…
Abimbola Abatta and Uthman Salami President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, faulted the National Assembly over the alterations made to the 2022 Executive Budget proposal. The President expressed his concerns while signing the 2022 Appropriation Bill into law as well as…
…Systemic corruption prevents govt from achieving its potentials — SGF …As ICPC indicts Ministries, UTH Ibadan, others over recruitment fraud …Unravels N20.138bn worth of project duplicates in 2021 Budget The Federal government has expressed its commitment to mete out severe…
