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2022 Budget: Buhari to Present Amendment Bill to NASS

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed strong reservations on the ‘‘worrisome changes’’ made by the National Assembly to the 2022 Executive Budget proposal. Buhari made this observation while signing the 2022 Appropriation Act at the State House, Abuja on Friday. He announced that he...

Buhari Signs N17.127trn 2022 Budget, Orders MDAs to Commence Early Preparation for 2023 Transition

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the 2022 Appropriation Bill and the 2021 Finance Bill. This he said was in line with keeping with the tradition of restoring a predictable January to December fiscal year, as provided for in the Constitution of the...

NDDC Scandal: Every Kobo must be Recovered – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari Abuja said the concluded forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was being reviewed, with a view to recovering every kobo that is recoverable, while those found culpable will face the law. Speaking at the virtual commissioning of the NDDC...

Jonathan Handed to Buhari $28.6bn Foreign Reserves, $5.6bn Dividends and N4tr Budget in 2015 – Chidoka

Jonathan Handed to Buhari $28.6bn Foreign Reserves, $5.6bn Dividends and N4tr Budget in 2015 - Chidoka A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has countered the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over comments that the money left behind by the administration of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan...

You can’t Keep Demanding the Accountability you don’t Give, Presidency Tackles SERAP

The Presidency has queried the origin, source of funds and motive of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), saying it cannot continue to demand accountability that it cannot give. The Presidency in a statement by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, frowned at the constant...

Buhari to Sanction Govt Officials Involved in Budget Padding, Illegal Recruitment

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration will soon sanction those who bring in personnel into the public workforce by illegal recruitment, pad their payroll and retain ghost workers. Declaring open the 3rd National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector,...