Voice for the voiceless
The Senate suspended Senator Abdul Ningi for three months on Tuesday over allegations of N3 trillion naira 2024 Budget padding. A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Ningi was suspended following a heated session in the red chamber. He, the chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, recently disclosed to…
The Federal High Court in Abuja declared the presentation and passage of Rivers State’s 2024 Budget by a group of unlawful four-member legislators as void and set it aside. In a judgment delivered by Justice James Omotoso, the court ordered Governor Siminalaye Fubara to re-present the budget to the legally constituted House of Assembly under…
The budget demonstrates a commitment to fiscal responsibility, Idris said. During the 2023 annual public lecture of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) in Kaduna State, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, assured Nigerians that President Bola Tinubu’s proposed N27.5 trillion 2024 budget will bring transformation to the country once it…
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has been urged not to approve an alleged plan by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike to build a ‘befitting residence’ for the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima. In a letter dated December 2, the group – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) – specifically wants Akpabio “to promptly reject the…
The economist said Nigerians are under intense economic pressure, adding that the rate of poverty in the country is increasing mental health cases. Renowned economist, Bismarck Rewane, says Nigerians are not interested in budgetary figures if the prices of basic commodities like rice, bread, and Garri don’t go down. Rewane, the Managing Director of Financial…
The President will present the 2024 Appropriation Bill at the Joint Session of the Senate and the House of Representatives, according to a memo. This memo, dated November 27, 2023, was signed by Shuaibu Maina Birma, the Secretary of Human Resources and Staff Development of the federal legislature, on behalf of the Clerk of the…
