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Senate Gives Kyari, NUPRC Boss 24 Hour To Defend Budget

Senate Gives Kyari, NUPRC Boss 24 Hour To Defend Budget

Senate Gives Kyari, NUPRC Boss 24 Hours To Defend Budget The Chairman of the Senate Appropriation Committee, Senator Adeola Olamilekan, has ordered the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, to in 24 hours appear before the committee. The committee chairman, on Wednesday, also asked Kyari to be present in the company of the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission. The oil agency had earlier ignored summons by the Senate to appear before its committee over probing of over N11trn expenditure on turnaround maintenance of refineries in the country between 2010…
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Protesters Assemble At National Assembly, Seek Wike’s Resignation

Protesters Assemble At National Assembly, Seek Wike’s Resignation

Protesters Assemble At National Assembly, Seek Wike’s Resignation The protesters criticized Wike’s leadership, labelling it as incompetent and lacking vision for the development of the Federal Capital Territory. There was a protest at the National Assembly complex by thousands of Abuja residents and members of civil society groups, calling for the immediate resignation and prosecution of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The protesters criticized Wike’s leadership, labelling it as incompetent and lacking vision for the development of the Federal Capital Territory. Adamu Kabir Matazu, speaking on behalf of the protesters and representing the Network of Civil…
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Akpabio Allegedly Takes N800m From Senate Account For His Birthday Celebration, While Senators Donate N150m, Demands Donation From MDAS

Akpabio Allegedly Takes N800m From Senate Account For His Birthday Celebration, While Senators Donate N150m, Demands Donation From MDAS

Senate President, Akpabio Allegedly Takes N800m From Senate Account For Birthday Celebration, While Senators Donate Over N150m, Demands Donation From MDAS Earlier yesterday Wednesday 6 of Dec, 2023 a X user identified as Jackson Ude took to his social media handle page as he shared report claims that the Senate President. Senators Akpabio took a huge amount of money from the lawmakers account and was also demands from another body. Ude tweet that Senate President Godswill Akpabio has raked in almost N150million from Senators donating towards his 61st Birthday Celebration scheduled for December 9, 2023 in Akwa Ibom State. He…
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2024 Budget Lacks Transparency In Project Selection – Senator Ned Nwoko

2024 Budget Lacks Transparency In Project Selection – Senator Ned Nwoko

2024 Budget Lacks Transparency In Project Selection – Ned Nwoko The senator representing Delta North, Ned Nwoko, has said the 2024 budget presented by President Bola Tinubu last week lacks transparency in selection of projects to be executed. According to Nwoko, transparency and internal revenue generation are deficient in the budget. Nwoko, while speaking to journalists on the principles of the budget, said the 2024 budget proposal brought forth profound concerns and reservations regarding its potential to truly address the pressing needs of the Nigerian populace. “The budget, as presented, failed to adequately address critical facets necessary for the welfare…
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2024 Budget Details Released: See What Each Ministry, Tetfund, NDDC, Others Will Get

2024 Budget Details Released: See What Each Ministry, Tetfund, NDDC, Others Will Get

2024 BUDGET DETAILS released after backlash: See what each ministry, TETFund, NDDC, others will getPresident Tinubu presenting the 2024 Budget to the National Assembly The Senate has released the sectoral allocations of the N27.5 trillion budget for 2024 fiscal year. This is coming amid the controversy over the sketchy details of the budget President Bola Ahmed Tinubu presented to the National Assembly on Wednesday. Our correspondent observed that lawmakers were only provided copies of the president’s speech during debate on the budget, a development some members of parliament described as strange. Legislators had raised concerns over the non-availability of the…
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Wike Seeks Approval From National Assembly To Spend N61.6bn

Wike Seeks Approval From National Assembly To Spend N61.6bn

Wike Seeks NASS Approval To Spend N61.6bn The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday sought approval of the National Assembly to spend N61.6 billion 2023 supplementary budget. Wile made the appeal when he appeared before the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on FCT at the National Assembly complex in Abuja. He said that the supplementary budget was to accommodate additional inflows comprising receipts from Paris Club Refund, Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Tax Liabilities, and Special Intervention Funds. Other sources are Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and the Infrastructure Support Fund, leading to a…
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House Of Representatives Vow To Scrutinize 2024 Budget

House Of Representatives Vow To Scrutinize 2024 Budget

House of Representatives vows to scrutinise 2024 budgetHouse of RepsThe House of Representatives has pledged a meticulous examination of the 2024 Appropriation Bill, as presented to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu. They expressed their commitment to scrutinizing the document similar to their previous scrutiny that revealed the inclusion of a N5 billion provision for a presidential yacht in the 2023 supplementary budget. Philip Agbese, the Deputy Spokesman of the House of Representatives, made this disclosure in response to President Tinubu’s appearance before a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday for the presentation of the 2024 budget.…
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Key Quotes From President Tinubu’s Speech On (Proposed) 2024 Budget Of Renewed Hope

Key Quotes From President Tinubu’s Speech On (Proposed) 2024 Budget Of Renewed Hope

💥BOOM Key Quotes From President Tinubu's speech On (Proposed) 2024 Budget Of Renewed Hope ●1. "The 2024 Appropriation bill has been themed the Budget of Renewed Hope." ●2. "The proposed Budget seeks to achieve job-rich economic growth, macro-economic stability, a better investment environment, enhanced human capital development, as well as poverty reduction and greater access to social security." ●3. "Defence and internal security are accorded top priority. The internal security architecture will be overhauled to enhance law enforcement capabilities and safeguard lives, property, and investments across the country." ●4. "Human capital is the most critical resource for national development. Accordingly,…
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Senate Vows To Sack, Jail NNPC Boss Mele Kyari, Others Over N12 Trillion ‘Fraud’

Senate Vows To Sack, Jail NNPC Boss Mele Kyari, Others Over N12 Trillion ‘Fraud’

Senate Vows To Sack, Jail NNPC Boss Mele Kyari, Others Over N12 Trillion ‘Fraud’ The Senate has vowed to sack and jail the group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari and other top executive officers of petroleum subsidiaries. The upper legislative chamber specifically threatened to sack the executive officers whose agencies were involved in the Turn Around Maitenance (TAM) projects of refineries in the country. The senate, on Wednesday, noted that from 2010 till date, over N12 trillion has been spent on TAM. The Senate also said that it has records of over $592…
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Akpabio Names Chairmen Of Senate Committees; Natasha, Sampson Made List

Akpabio Names Chairmen Of Senate Committees; Natasha, Sampson Made List

Akpabio names Natasha, Ekong Sampson. others as chairmen of Senate committees Senate president, Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday, November 21, named Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the lawmaker representing Kogi Central, as the chairman local content committee and vice chairman of steel respectively. Akpabio also appointed 14 other senators as chairmen and vice chairmen of different committee. The newly appointed chairmen and vice chairmen are as follows: Steel – Patrick Udubueze (Chairman), Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Vice-chairman) Tourism – Shuaibu Isa Lau, Ireti Kingigbe (Vice-Chairman) Inter-Parliamentary Affairs – Jimoh Ibrahim (Chairman) State and Local Government Affairs – Binos Yaroe (Chairman), Francis Fadahunsi (Vice Chairman National…
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