2022 Budget Speech By President Buhari Budget of Economic Growth and Sustainability Delivered By: His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari President, Federal Republic of Nigeria At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja Thursday, October 7, 2021 PROTOCOLS 1. It is my great pleasure to be here once again to present the...

Budget: FG Seeks MTEF Amendment, Lowers Revenue Projection By N342bn   President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Thursday, present the 2022 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly. The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, gave the hint on Tuesday after reading and referring Buhari’s submission of...

Buhari Says Nigeria Needs $400bn To Close Energy Shortfall         The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria needs over $400bn to fund its critical energy needs. Buhari said that $300bn would be needed for electricity generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure...

Senate Passes MTEF/FSP, Okays Buhari’s N4.89trn Borrowing Plan             The Senate on Wednesday passed the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure and Fiscal Strategy Paper, retaining all the assumptions and projections submitted to it by president Muhammadu Buhari in July. The red chamber retained the exchange rate of N410.15...

Buhari Orders FIRS To Tax Digital Transactions           The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the deployment of technology to tax all digital transactions carried out across the country. The Secretary...

Buhari Seeks Senate confirmation Of Board Of Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Upstream Regulatory Commission         President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, sought Senate’s confirmation of members of the Board of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority. The President in another letter to the upper chamber also sought...