Tag: 2016 Budget

The president signed the 2016 budget into law on Friday.

The N6.06 trillion 2016 budget was signed on Friday, ending weeks of disagreement with the National Assembly.

Details of the final copy of the budget remained unknown at this time.

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to sign the 2016 budget by Thursday.

Senate President Saraki says the budget will be ready for Mr. Buhari's assent in a few days.

The two groups are demanding urgent action on the 2016 budget.

Mr. Nnamani tasks the Executive and Legislature on timely resolution of budget impasse.

Committee chairmen say they consulted standing committees of the Senate and House of Reps before sending details to Presidency.

A spokesperson for the House of Representatives says the president has identified "grey areas".

A foreign policy expert said Mr. Fayose erred by writing such letter.

"We are not saying the Calabar Lagos rail project is not good, we know it is a viable project."

The senator condemns the Senate's Appropriation Committee for appropriating too much power to itself.

The senate says the rail project can still be captured as a supplementary budget.

The governor accuses the presidency of lies and hypocrisy.

Mr. Enang says the president sent the budget to MDAs before traveling to China.

“Only President Buhari can explain to Nigerians what manner of Economic theory encourages borrowing of N1.84 trillion to fund a ...

The budget details were submitted to the clerk of the National Assembly on Wednesday.

Lawmakers say it took them extra weeks to get the details ready in order to correct inconsistencies, errors, omissions and ...

Mr. Eno describes the budget as “an appropriate response” to the nation’s economic reality.

The president says he will look at the budget ministry by ministry before signing.

“There is nothing abnormal …about a president assenting a budget before or after seeing the details”.

The presidency says details of the budget have yet to reach Mr. Buhari.

Mr. Abubakar thanked the legislature for the speedy passage of the bill.

The National Assembly expressed concerns with some aspects of the budget.

Mr. Buhari presented the budget before the joint session of the National Assembly on December 22