The Osun state government has set a target of N109.8 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to finance its N427 billion budget for 2025. The Commissioner for Economic Planning, Budget and Development, Prof. Moruf Adeleke, disclosed this during the analysis of the state’s 2025 budget, on Thursday in Osogbo. Adeleke said while the … Read more
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has urged his colleagues saddled with the responsibility of working on the ₦49.74 trillion 2025 budget, to ensure that the welfare of Nigerians is prioritised. He insisted that the final outcome of deliberations on the content of the document must take into account the hopes and aspirations of … Read more
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, presented the 2025 budget for the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Thursday, January 16, 2025, before the Joint Committees on Police Affairs and Police Institutions at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. During his presentation, the IGP underscored the necessity of transitioning the NPF away from the … Read more
Former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, has said the revenue projection for 2025 budget would be impossible to achieve. Adebayo noted that most agencies of the federal government have failed to be transparent in remitting revenues to the government coffers. In a statement on Tuesday, Adebayo particularly pointed at the … Read more
The House of Representatives has directed the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to provide a detailed breakdown of its 2024 allocations. It also urged TETFund to present the 2025 budget estimates to beneficiary institutions before further implementation. This resolution followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Sulaiman Gumi (PDP-Zamfara) on the floor … Read more
The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has decried the misrepresentation of figures in the 2025 budget proposal presented to the National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance. Oloyede, while fielding questions from newsmen at a sideline of an event in Abuja on Tuesday, dismissed reports making rounds that the Board spent … Read more
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has clarified reports that it spent N850 million on mosquitoes in 2024, and disclosed that in 2025, it will spend N1.1 billion to feed 2,300 staff members. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports JAMB to have also made clarification the N6.4 billion proposed for “Local Travel and Transport (Training)” … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has sought an increase in its budgetary allocation to N126 billion, against the N40 billion earmarked for it in the 2025 budget estimates. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the request on Friday in Abuja at the budget defence session of Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committee on … Read more
Nigerian Senators have continued to express dissatisfaction with the implementation of the 2024 Budget. During a session with the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, and Minister of Budget and Planning, Atiku Abubakar Bagudu, on Thursday, members of the Senate Committee on Appropriations sought clarification on the utilisation of funds … Read more