The Benue House of Assembly on Thursday passed the state’s 2019 budget of N199.7 billion.
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The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, on Wednesday in Abuja allayed fears over the oil price benchmark for the 2019 budget.
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, says the Senate will commence debate on the general principles of the 2019 Appropriation Bill on Wednesday.
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday presented the year 2019 budget proposal of N852.316 billion to the House of Assembly, with a pledge that it had been carefully prepared to be all-encompassing and dedicated to complete major ongoing projects in the State.
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday threatened to commence impeachment process against Governor Akinwunmi Ambode over alleged gross misconducts.
The Senate on Thursday adjourned plenary till February 19, without considering the 2019 Budget.
Fasau, who led a protest to the National Assembly on Thursday, told newsmen that the N8.83 trillion budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari was too small for the country’s economic activities.
Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State on Monday presented a budget of N118.7 billion for 2019, tagged: “Budget of posterity,” to the state House of Assembly.
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State on Monday presented the 2019 Budget of N148.7 billion to the State House of Assembly.
The Public Relations Officer of NANS, Azeez Adeyemi, made the call on Friday in Abeokuta.
The proposal comprises a recurrent expenditure of N72,580,376.29 or 56.0 per cent and capital expenditure of N57,214,891.72 or 44.0 per cent.
Sequel to the rowdy session of the joint sitting of the Nigerian Senate and the House of Representatives during the presentation of the 2019 Budget by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Muslim Rights Concern has accused the lawmakers of political imbecility.
At a media briefing in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who spoke on behalf of government, said the “unruly lawmakers threw away parliamentary decorum to behave like ordinary protesters or agitators”.
The minister said this while answering questions at the public presentation of the 2019 budget highlights on Thursday in Abuja.
The experts disclosed this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, while reacting to the N8.83 trillion budget for 2019 presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the joint National Assembly on Wednesday.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Matters, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has called on Nigerians to re-elect President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 to complete the good work he has started.
President Muhammadu Buhari says a bill on the implementation of the New Minimum Wage would soon be sent to the National Assembly for passage.
President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that the sum of N65 billion has been provided for the Niger Delta Development Commission in the 2019 Budget.
He made the remark when President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2019 Budget of N8.83 trillion before the joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday.
Speaking during the presentation of the 2019 Budget, Buhari explained that subsidies today are much more different from what they used to be in the past, stating that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation is the sole importer of oil today.