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    Politics 2016 Budget: How Nigerian Senate Played Fast Game On President Buhari

    It seems uncertainty is hanging over the 2016 Budget estimates approved by the National Assembly last Thursday as the Appropriation Bill may not be signed into law for full implementation any time soon. According to Vanguard newspaper, the lawmakers may have played a fast one on the Presidency...
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    Business #‎Budget2016‬: 5 Questionable Areas Nigerians Need To Monitor

    The Nigeria Senate yesterday passed the 2016 Appropriation bill submitted by president Muhammadu Buhari late last year into law. Back and front, issues arouse from budget paddling, to strange figures from Minister sand Parastatals which also led to the retrenchment of some federal civil...
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    Politics Senate Gives Buhari Conditions For Subsequent Submission of Budget

    The Senate has passed the 2016 budget preparatory to the passage of the budget - F ollowing weeks of delay, the two chambers of the National Assembly have passed the 2016 National Budget today (March 23, 2016). The senate committee recommended the following conditions for subsequent submission...
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    Politics Shehu Sani Speaks on the Passage of 2016 Budget

    Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna central senatorial district at the National assembly has expressed optimism over President Muhammadu's 2016 budget shortly after the passage of the budget into law by the Senate. He said: “the beauty of a budget lies in its content and the value of a...
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    Business 2016 Budget Stands as N6,060,677,358,227 – See Breakdown

    The Nigerian senate today, passed the 2016 budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari over three months ago. See breakdown of the budget.... Statutory transfers: 351,370,000,000 Debt service: 1,475,320,000,00 Recurrent expenditure: 2,646,389,236,196 Capital expenditure...
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    Politics 2016 Budget Passage: Saraki Sends Strong Message to President Buhari

    After more than a month of delay and controversy, the senate has passed the 2016 budget. Immediately after the passage of the 2016 budget, Senate president Bukola Saraki called on president Muhammadu Buhari to implemenr tthe budget and make 2016 budget better. See tweets: - Details later
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    Politics National Assembly To Pass 2016 Budget Today

    The National Assembly will today pass the 2016 budget, three months after President Muhammadu Buhari presented the fiscal document. The Appropriation committees of the both chambers laid their reports on the 2016 budget yesterday and was on the number three on the order paper until the death of...
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    Politics 2016 Budget: Senate Receives Committee Report

    Nigerian Senate today received the report of the Committee on Appropriation on 2016 budget for consideration after many weeks of postponement. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Danjuma Goje laid the report on the floor of Senate for consideration . Budget debate...
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    Politics LIST: 4 Expected Gains of 2016 Budget

    Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma yesterday listed the expected gains of the 2016 budget. These are: 1. creation of significant number of jobs to reduce unemployment; 2. deliver inclusive growth to Nigerians, 3. reflation of the economy through government...
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    Politics 2016 Budget: See 6 Fresh Flaws Detected By National Assembly Committee

    The Senate and House Joint Committee on Appropriation has detected fresh errors in the 2016 budget which could be another reason for the shift in date of passing the budget by the legislative body, PUNCH gathered. See the breakdown of the fresh flaws: 1. One of the anomalies detected was in...
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    Politics National Assembly Fixes Date For The Passage 2016 Budget

    The National Assembly yesterday fixed March 17 for the passage of the 2016 federal government budget. The two 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 which was widely reported. The...
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    Politics 2016 Budget: Saraki, Dogara Reject N10bn Official Quarters Vote [Vanguard]

    Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt.. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, have reportedly rejected the N10billion voted in the 2016 budget of the Ministry of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for the building of their official quarters, opting for a cut in the vote...
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    Politics Nigerian Senate Presents 2016 Budget Report Next Week

    The Senate will present various reports on the 2016 budget estimates of N6.08 trillion next week for consideration. According to the chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Sen. Danjuma Goje ( APC-Gombe Central), preparatory to the passage of the Appropriation Bill will commence before...
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    Politics 2016 Budget: Senators Attack Marafa Over Calls For Saraki's Suspension

    Six senators debunked the claim of Senator Kabiru Marafa (APC, Zamfara Central) that the controversies trailing the budget were as a result of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) trial of the Senate President Bukola Saraki. According to DailyTrust, the senators: Tayo Alasoadura, Peter Nwaoboshi...
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    Politics 2016 Budget: [OPINION] Blunders Upon Blunders Upon Blunders - Femi Aribisala

    Femi Aribisala takes a deep analysis into the 2016 budget of 'change' as presented to the National Assembly by the Presdient, Moahmmadu Buhari. READ: When the incredible issue of a missing/counterfeited 2016 budget arose some weeks ago, I was expecting to hear from the APC that Goodluck...
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    Politics Presidency, NASS in Secret Deal to Harmonise 2016 Budget [TheGuardian]

    The National Assembly and Federal Executive Council (FEC) members may have sealed a secret deal to correct the anomalies associated with the N6.077 trillion 2016 budget. According to The Guardian, under the arrangement, ministers dissatisfied with the distribution of figures within their...
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    Metro Nigeria's 2016 Budget Contains N668.8bn Frivolous Expenditures - CSJ Alleges

    The Centre for Social Justice in Abuja on Monday said the 2016 budget contained N668.8bn expenditure that was “frivolous, inappropriate, unclear and wasteful”. The Lead Director, CSJ, Mr. Eze Onyekpere, said the fiscal document should be reviewed in order to remove all the expenditure that...
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    Politics Nigerian Senate Fixes March For Passage of 2016 Budget

    Leader of the Senate, Ali Ndume, on Sunday said the Senate would strive to pass the 2016 Budget before the end of March. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), he said March was the deadline for the implementation of the 2015 budget, as such it was the desire of the Senate to...
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    Metro House of Reps Walk Out NTI Boss Over Poor Budget Defence

    The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education yesterday walked out the Nigerian Teachers Institute boss, Mr. Aminu Ladan Sarahu over poor presentation of his institute’s 2016 budget proposal. The committee headed by Rep Zakari Moham-med, APC, Baruten/ Kaima Federal Constituency...
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    Politics Nigeria's 2016 Budget: Amaechi Divides House Of Representatives

    The All Progressives Congress members of the House of Representatives clashed with their Peoples Democratic Party colleagues on Thursday over the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi. According to PUNCH, Amaechi, who appeared before the joint Committee on Marine/Land Transport to...
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