The lack of provisionsin the disability rights act to cater for the peculiar needs of children with disabilities in the extant law is a gap the House of Representatives will look to close, says Rep. Dawodu The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Disability, Rep. Bashiru Dawodu, has expressed the desire of the legislature to amend the disability rights act to cater for the peculiar needs of children and other minors living with disabilities. Rep. Dawodu...
Unrealistic parameters and projections in the 2024 appropriation bill may turn the budget of renewed hope into renewed hopelessness, warns a member of the House A member of the House of Representatives from Anambra State, George Ibezimako Ozodinobi, has cautioned against unrealistic paramaters and projections in the 2024 budget proposal. Ozodinobi (LP, Anambra) gave the caution during the debate of the 2024 appropriation bill at the plenary on Friday. The Labour Party lawmaker, who...
With a flurry of positive comments, the House passed the 2024 appropriation bill on Friday after lawmakers aired their submissions at plenary for two days The N27.5 trillion budget proposed for 2024 has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The House passed the appropriation bill on Friday after lawmakers aired their submissions on the estimate during plenary held for two consecutive days. Debate on the bill began on Thursday, November 30, about 24...
The legislator believes that Nigeria must borrow its way out of the economic abyss the country has found itself A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Ukodhiko Jonathan (PDP, Delta State), has said that for Nigeria to be able to achieve the purpose of the 2024 budget and fund projects, it has to continue borrowing. Rep. Jonathan made this statement while speaking to journalists shortly after the presentation of the 2024 budget estimates by President...
Debate on the 2024 budget presented by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly on Wednesday, has commenced in the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives has began debate on the N27.5 trillion budget proposed by President Bola Tinubu on Thursday. Opening the debate, the Leader of the House, Julius Ihonvbere, observed that the 2024 budget  focused on education, security, and infrastructure development, among other key priorities. He described the budget as a...
The representative from Kaduna State argued that adhering to the UNESCO recommendation on allocation to the education sector would do the country a lot of good A lawmaker in the House of Representatives, Bello El-rufai (APC, Kaduna), has advised that the allocation for the education sector in the 2024 budget meet the 26 per cent benchmark recommended by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). He said on the plenary on Thursday,...
Akpabio also assured that the National Assembly will conduct a thorough and meticulous review of the budget estimates. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has assured that the National Assembly will ensure that the 2024 budget reflects the principles of transparency, accountability and inclusiveness. This is as he attributed the cordial relationship between the Executive and the 10th National Assembly to Ex-lawmakers holding positions in the Executive. Akpabio made this remark in his welcome...
The 2024 budget deficit will be financed by new borrowing totaling N7.83 and N298.40 billion from privatisation proceeds and N1.95 trillion drawdown on multilateral and bilateral loans for specific development projects. President Bola Tinubu has listed Nigeria’s national defense and internal security, local job creation, macroeconomic stability, investment environment optimisation, human capital development, poverty reduction, and social security as some of the priorities of the proposed 2024 budget. This is even as he...
Abbas said the budget defense will be carried out jointly by the Senate and the House. The House of Representatives will suspend plenary for two weeks to allow for defense of the 2024 budget by Ministries, Agencies, and Departments of Government. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, had announced that the Green Chamber will sit tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday to debate the 2024 budget due to the urgency of the task. The decision...
The Speaker said the National Assembly will ensure that the 2024 budget includes concrete strategies for sustainable debt management. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, has charged revenue-generating agencies like the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to double their targets to meet the N18 trillion revenue projected in the 2024 budget. The Speaker also enjoined the agencies to focus on raising more revenue through tax reform,...
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