FG Seeks To Borrow N360bn In New Bond Auction   The Federal Government will today raise about N360 billion in new borrowings as part of its regular debt issuance to finance budget deficit and augment national revenue. It is the last bond auction by the outgoing...

2023 Budget'll Be Presented To NASS Next Month — Akabueze   The executive will present the 2023 Federal Government budget proposal to the National Assembly by September. Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation Mr. Ben Akabueze, revealed this at the commencement of the training of Budget Officers...

DG Budget Akabueze Confirms 185 Duplications In 2022 Budget     The Director General of Budget Monitoring Office, Mr. Ben Akabueze, has described the 185 duplications in 2022 Budget as tolerable and negligible. He said 54 items were not correctly titled and not duplication. Speaking on the current affairs...

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...

Salaries: FG To Intervene In 428 Agencies, Says Akabueze       The Director General of the Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, has confirmed that about 428 Federal Government agencies would not be able to pay salaries by the end of November. Akabueze stated this on Tuesday when he appeared...

FG Still Consulting On Revised Budget — Finance Minister   The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Thursday met with the leaders of some key committees of the National Assembly to get their input for the revised 2020 budget. The budget is still...