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
The President of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Dele Oye, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies. Oye said the President’s economic policies have not helped the country’s economy, including the growth of the private sector. In an interview with Arise News on Tuesday, he decried the continued decline … Read more
The Presidency has assured that the 2025 budget would address most of the challenges plaguing the nation across all sectors. The Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication to President Bola Tinubu, Sunday Dare, said there would be efficient implementation of the 2025 budget. Recall that Henzodaily reported that the 2025 budget total sum was … Read more
The House of Representatives has fixed Jan. 7 for commencement of the 2025 budget defence by ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). The Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, Rep. Abubakar Bichi (APC-Kano) stated this in Abuja on Monday. Recall President Bola Tinubu had on Dec. 18, 2024, presented the 2025 Appropriation Bill of the N49.74 trillion … Read more
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passes appropriation bill of N3,367 trillion for the 2025 fiscal year of the state. The budget was approved by voice votes at a plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mr Mudashiru Obasa on Monday. Obasa explained that passage followed the presentation of a report on … Read more