Henzodaily looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Friday, 6th December 2024.
The PUNCH: A total of 29 state governors spent N1.994tn on recurrent expenditures, including refreshments, sitting allowances, travelling, and utilities in the first nine months of 2024, findings by The PUNCH have shown. It was also gathered that the states obtained a N533.29bn loan, while it spent N658.93bn to service its debts owed to local, foreign, and multilateral creditors.
The Guardian: In 2022, the Federal Government paying scant attention to a health and social menace that has life-altering effects, directed the removal of sex education from the Basic Education Curriculum (BEC). The latest edition of the National Health and Demography Survey (NDHS) 2023-24, which shows that approximately 15 per cent of young Nigerian women aged 15-19 have experienced unwanted pregnancy, indicates that the move by the government is laden with more peril than a promise.
Daily Trust: The House of Representatives has introduced two bills aimed at addressing budget presentation delays by the president and governors. They also seek to limit the number of supplementary budgets passed annually to bridge funding gaps.
