A member representing Ogoja-Yala Federal Constituency of Cross River State in the National Assembly, Mr. Agom Jarigbe, has lamented the non-implementation of the 2016 budget due to paucity of funds. Already, the lawmaker alleged that the situation was having negative effect on members of the National Assembly, as no constituency …
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Senate defers passage of 2016 budget to Tuesday
CONTRARY to its earlier promise to pass the 2016 budget today, the Senate, has given Tuesday, next week,as the day it would pass the budget. The Red Chamber, which had also,earlier assured that its Committee on Appropriation would lay the various reports of committees collated, before it during yesterday’s plenary, …
Read More »Budget 2016 full of errors, can’t be passed,says NASS
The two arms of the National Assembly, NASS, declared, yesterday, that the 2016 budget was full of errors, saying the document could no longer be passed on February 25 as earlier promised. This came on a day the Senate Committee on Gas Resources rejected the N200 million allocation demanded by …
Read More »FG to Nigerians: Fuel Subsidy going next year as price moves from N87 to N97
THE Federal government has alerted Nigerians to prepare ahead for what it termed, more austere conditions in view of the strict economic policies being put in place by the Muhammadu Buhari led administration, just as it vowed to strictly monitor expenditure of all Ministries, Department and Agencies, MDAs to avoid …
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