Nigeria Mulls Return To Eurobond Market For Additional Borrowing   The Federal Government is considering a return to the Eurobonds market for the balance of its $6.1bn external borrowing after it successfully raised $4bn in September. The Director-General of the Debt Management Office, Mrs Patience Oniha, gave...

FG Set To Unveil 2022 Budget Details     The Federal Government will on Friday (today) publish the estimates in the 2022 Appropriation Bill. The Appropriation Bill was laid before a joint session of the National Assembly by the President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday. The Minister of Finance, Budget...

Cutting Governance Cost’ll Not Solve Revenue Problems - Akabueze       The Director General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze, on Tuesday said cutting budget allocations to Federal Government agencies would not have a significant impact on Nigeria’s revenue. Akabueze said this in Abuja at...

Buhari Orders Review Of FG’s Payrolls To Cut Costs     The federal government has initiated a raft of measures to cut the cost of governance in the face of dwindling revenue occasioned by the headwinds of the COVID-19 pandemic and the attendant global economic tailspin. Minister of...

Reps Summon Ahmed, Budget Office, Customs Over Duty Waivers         The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze; and the Nigeria Customs Service over...

2021 Budget: Reps Dismiss Ahmed, Akabueze’s Representatives       The House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology on Monday dismissed representatives of the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, and Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze. The committee had invited...