Buhari removes 22 top directors from budget office

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday approved the immediate deployment of 22 top directors from the Budget office.
Authorities said the redeployment is part of a service-wide posting involving about 184 senior staff in various ministries, departments and agencies, in the federal civil... Read Full Story:
Buhari removes 22 top directors from budget office

National Assembly to pass 2016 budget March 17

The National Assembly yesterday fixed March 17 for the passage of the 2016 federal government budget.
It is reported that both chambers of the National Assembly had earlier fixed the passage for February 25 but it was postponed following errors and padding of the fiscal document.
The new date ...
National Assembly to pass 2016 budget March 17

Dogara says 2016 budget will be ready by March

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara,told newsmen that 2016 budget will be ready by the end of March.
He said “No sooner than later, hopefully by the end of next month, we will have it read.”
Dogara also said the Reps will make sure that the budget impacts the lives of com...
Dogara says 2016 budget will be ready by March

Buhari Vows severe Punishment for budget "Padding" culprits

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to mete out most severe punishment to all those involved in the “padding” of the 2016 National Budget which has caused his government huge embarrassment.

Addressing the Nigerian Community in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday night, the President  condemned the dist...
Buhari Vows severe Punishment for budget "Padding" culprits

Lai Mohammed says 2016 budget does not exceed N6.08 trillion

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said on Saturday said that the 2016 budget was not padded because the total figure voted for all ministries had not exceeded N6.08 trillion.
Briefing newsmen in Lagos, he said: “The total for every ministry has remained exactly...
Lai Mohammed says 2016 budget does not exceed N6.08 trillion

Ngige denies rumors that he fainted

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has denied the rumours making the round that he collapsed during National Assembly budget defence.

He described the report which trended on social media as a ruse and failed attempt by politicians to malign his ability and...
Ngige denies rumors that he fainted

Buhari orders sack of more Budget office staffs

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly ordered a total purge of the Budget Office due to the embarrassing mistakes that were found in the 2016 budget.
Buhari is said to be very angry at the humiliation that the incident has brought to his government, according to Punch.
“The President is re...
Buhari orders sack of more Budget office staffs

Minister Chris Ngige reportedly collapses while defending budget at House of Reps

Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige reportedly collapsed today, February 18, 2016, in Abuja.
Chris Ngige is said to have collapsed while defending his ministry’s budget before the House of Representatives Committee on Labour.
Details of the incident are still sketchy but the m...
Minister Chris Ngige reportedly collapses while defending budget at House of Reps

Budget office DG fired over 2016 budget sacndal

The Federal Government may have fired the Director General of the Budget Office Yahaya Gusau as a result of the poor handling of 2016 Budget .
Yesterday, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Mr. Tijjani Mohammed Abdullahi to replace Gusau, who was appointed to the position last August.
The ...
Budget office DG fired over 2016 budget sacndal

Lai Mohammed Disowns Ministry’s N398m Votes For Computers

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed yesterday openly disowned the N398 million being part of the budget estimates by his ministry meant for the purchase of computers.
Speaking at a budget defence session before the Senate Committe on Information, Mohammed noted that the...
Lai Mohammed Disowns Ministry’s N398m Votes For Computers

Fayose Buhari to withdraw budget, says “budget scam is national embarrassment”

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to save the country of the national embarrassment being caused by the 2016 budget he presented to the National Assembly by formally withdrawing the budget and representing it.
According to a statement Tuesday by his S...
Fayose Buhari to withdraw budget, says “budget scam is national embarrassment”

Nigeria health minister disowns ministry’s budget, says the original have been doctored

MINISTER of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole yesterday shocked members of the Senate Committee on Health when he informed the committee that the original budget of his ministry had been largely distorted.
He claimed that strange figures were smuggled into the budget.
The minister’s revelation might h...
Nigeria health minister disowns ministry’s budget, says the original have been doctored

Buhari welcomes constructive criticism concerning the budget -Presidency

The Presidency has said that the N6.08trn budget proposal for 2016 is still open for  comments and observations  from the public.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said this in a statement yesterday
He said President Muhammadu Buhari’s adm...
Buhari welcomes constructive criticism concerning the budget -Presidency

Presisdent Muhammadu Buhari orders publication of 2016 budget proposal online

 

The President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the draft 2016 appropriation budget, now before the National Assembly should be uploaded on the website of the budget office so that Nigerians can read it with a view to making their observations.
His Senior Special Assistant on Media and...
Presisdent Muhammadu Buhari orders publication of 2016 budget proposal online

House of Reps to slash Buhari"s N3.8bn clinic budget

A member of the House of Representatives, Dennis Amadi has said that the House will streamline the controversial N3.8b  allocated to Aso Rock clinic by President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2016 budget proposal submitted to the National Assembly.
Amadi who represents Ezeagu/Udi Federal Constituency ...
House of Reps to slash Buhari"s N3.8bn clinic budget

2016 Budget: Buhari plans to spend more on State House Clinic than on all federal teaching hospitals

The Nigerian government is proposing to spend more on capital projects at the State House Medical Centre this year than it would provide for the 16 teaching hospitals belonging to it.
If the proposed budget is approved as presented to federal lawmakers, the State House Clinic will get...
2016 Budget: Buhari plans to spend more on State House Clinic than on all federal teaching hospitals

Senate Uncover N10bn hidden in education budget

The Senate committee on education uncover N10bn hidden in the education budget. This dicovery was made during the commencement of its 2016 budget defense.
The parastatals allocation for the year, according to the Senate Committee, increased at geometric progression by almost N10 billion while ...
Senate Uncover N10bn hidden in education budget

"We Did Not Apply For Any Loan" Adeosun Denies Financial Times Report

The Financial Times is insisting that Nigeria has asked the World Bank and  African Development Bank for $3.5bn in emergency loans to fill a growing gap in its budget in the latest sign of the economic damage being wrought on oil-rich nations by tumbling crude prices.”
The publication also cl...
"We Did Not Apply For Any Loan" Adeosun Denies Financial Times Report

Senator Ben Murray Bruce Speaks Against the 2016 Budget

The Senator and CEO of Silverbird Galleria Weighed in on the Nigeria 2016 budget.
He believes that the budget was outrageous and some expenses especially the one allocated to legislators should be cut down.
He went ahead to talk about the Nigeria plan to borrow from UK to make the rich richer...
Senator Ben Murray Bruce Speaks Against the 2016 Budget