2016 Budget: Buhari, lawmakers resolve impasse around ‘Budget of Change’

President Muhammadu Buhari and leaders of the two chambers of the National Assembly on Tuesday night rose from a 10-minute meeting, saying all grey areas in the 2016 Budget had been resolved, Punchng report. The meeting which was held inside the the First Lady’s Conference Room started at about 9.20pm and ended around 9.30pm. Those who […]

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Tweets: Drama on the Budget 2016

[su_dropcap]T[/su_dropcap]he row over the budget is deepening. House of Representatives Appropriation Committee Chairman Abdulmumin Jibrin reacted angrily yesterday to the report that President Muhammadu Buhari was stopped by ministers from signing the 2016 Appropriation Bill because of its “mutilation” by lawmakers. According to The Nation, The lawmakers were accused of removing crucial capital projects from the […]

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2016: Lawmakers, Leaders, Others Made Known ‘Their Expectations Of Buhari’

INSPITE of dwindling economic fortunes of the country occasioned by falling prices of crude oil, some lawmakers, leaders and the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, raised high hurdles for President Muhammadu Buhari to scale this year in order to improve on the well being of Nigerians. A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator […]

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