Sen. Ali Ndume, (APC-Borno) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to establish a Budget Implementation and Impact Assessment office so that he could monitor the releases of funds and performance of his cabinet members. Ndume, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Nigerian Army, made the call while fielding questions from journalists on Monday, in Maiduguri. “Buhari is a good leader but quite a number of his cabinet members are not doing enough to reposition the...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, signed into law, the 2021 Appropriation Bill. The brief signing ceremony was done inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. On Monday, the National Assembly passed ₦13.58trn budget for the next fiscal year. The Buhari led administration had desired to restore the budget of the country to January to December cycle. All Progressive Congress-led government achieved this with the 2020 budget as Buhari signed the document into law...

After the presentation and adoption of report of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, the Enugu State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the 2021 Appropriation bill. In his presentation, Ezeani Ezenta, committee chairman said the budget estimate took full cognizance of the yearnings, aspirations and prayers of the people on the impacts of Covid-19 and the national ENDSARS protest witnessed in 2020. Ezenta further disclosed that the Economic and Social Sectors received 61.9...