Nigerians are as usual, being entertained to the soap opera called budget defence. The 2025 episode is living to its billing. Already, a Senator has staged a walk out on his own committee. The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun sat in the National Assembly, NASS on Thursday, January 16, 2025 to present the police budget. The problem that … Read more
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Interior has dumped the budget defence of the Federal Fire Service (FFS) following significant discrepancies in the agency’s 2024 budget performance and 2025 proposal. At a hearing chaired by Senator Adams Oshiomhole and his counterpart from the House, Chair Abdullahi Aliyu Ahmed, lawmakers flagged irregularities, including contradictory … Read more
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance has exonerated the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), of alleged misappropriation of funds in its 2024 budget implementation. Chairman of the committee, Sen. Sani Musa in a statement on Thursday, said the board was erroneously accused of reckless spendings, given the documents submitted to the … Read more
The National Assembly has lauded the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Zacch Adedeji, for exceeding the 2024 revenue collection target of N19.4 trillion. FIRS generated N21.6 trillion, surpassing the target by N2.2 trillion. The commendation came during a meeting on Wednesday in Abuja, where the FIRS chairman appeared before the … Read more
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance has decried the failure of some government revenue generating agencies to honour invitation and appear for 2025 budget defence. The committee issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the agencies to appear or risk withdrawal of funding for 2025 operations. The agencies are, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) the Nigerian Maritime … 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
President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio says the critical task before the National Assembly on resumption is the completion of electoral reforms, given the preparations for next electoral cycle. Akpabio said this in his welcome back speech at plenary on Tuesday. Akpabio in the speech titled” Rising to the Greatness of Our Calling” said lawmakers had … 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
President Bola Tinubu says his administration is encouraged by the National Assembly’s support over the last 19 months and is determined to take Nigeria to the Promised Land. The President spoke on Wednesday while receiving Vice President Kashim Shettima, the leadership of the National Assembly, and former principal officers of the National Assembly … Read more
Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele has listed the consideration of the N49.7 trillion 2025 budget and the Tax Reform Bills as two of the items topping National Assembly’s agenda in the new year. Bamidele said this in his new year message to Nigerians made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. Opeyemi’s message was entitled: … Read more