Minister, N’Assembly may clash over NCC Annual budget submission

The decision by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, to include the Nigerian Communications Commission among the Federal Government agencies that must submit their annual budgets to the ministry for approval has pitted her against the National Assembly. Adeosun had during a media briefing in Abuja last week after the first Federal Executive Council […]

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N’Assembly Likely To Reduce $38 Oil Benchmark

The National Assembly is likely to reduce the crude oil benchmark price of $38 per barrel proposed by the executive for the 2016 budget, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Saabi Abdullahi, has said. The price of oil in the international market as of Thursday was slightly below $33 per barrel, […]

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469 Cars: Buhari, N’Assembly Not On The Same Terms

According to The Punch, there have been indications that the National Assembly and the President, Pres. Muhammadu Buhari are not on the same terms over the 469 cars which the federal lawmakers plan to buy. Members of both chambers of the National Assembly, who spoke to our correspondents on Thursday, faulted Buhari’s opposition to the […]

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