Nigeria:   Civil Society Recommends N143.6 Billion Cut From 2012 Budget

Daily Trust, 5 March 2012

Civil society groups under Citizens Wealth Platform have proposed the saving of N143.6 billion from about N355.1 billion provision in the 2012 budget for the National Assembly,… Read more »

Nigeria:   National Assembly to Pass 2012 Budget Next Week

Daily Trust, 8 March 2012

The Senate and the House of Representatives are to pass the 2012 budget next week, officials said yesterday. Read more »

Nigeria:   Niger Assembly Passes Budget of N94 Billion Into Law

Daily Trust, 8 March 2012

The Niger State House of Assembly yesterday passed the state's budget of N94.050 billion into law, indicating an increase in the N90.535 billion figure earlier presented to it by… Read more »

Nigeria:   'This Is Our Walk to Economic Freedom'

This Day, 14 December 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan has described the 2012 budget as a stepping-stone to the transformation of the Nigerian economy and "our walk to economic freedom". Read more »

Nigeria:   'Next Year's Budget Signposts Improvement in Fiscal Policy'

This Day, 14 December 2011

Financial analysts Tuesday said that the budget for 2012 reflected an improvement in Federal Government's fiscal policy in the coming years. Read more »

Nigeria:   Govt Finally Removes Controversial Fuel Subsidy

This Day, 14 December 2011

After decades of debates, protests and controversies, the fuel subsidy - as we used to know it - is gone. The 2012 budget presented to the National Assembly Tuesday by President… Read more »

Nigeria:   Jonathan Silent on Oil Subsidy in Budget

Vanguard, 14 December 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, was silent on the issue of subsidy removal on petroleum products as he presented a budget of N4.749 trillion to the National Assembly with a… Read more »

Nigeria:   Oil Subsidy Removal - Jonathan Still Consulting - Okonjo-Iweala

Vanguard, 15 December 2011

Contrary to reports that the federal government has finally removed fuel subsidy, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,… Read more »

Nigeria:   As Jonathan Presents 2012 Budget, Security Beats 12 Ministries Combined

Daily Trust, 14 December 2011

The Security sector is to guzzle N922 billion next year, amounting to more than the combined allocations of 12 Federal ministries, according to a breakdown of the N4.7 trillion… Read more »

Nigeria:   Jonathan Presents N4.75 Trillion Budget to National Assembly

Daily Trust, 13 December 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan, this afternoon, presented the proposed 2012 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly. Read more »

Nigeria:   Experts Sceptical Over Silence On Fuel Subsidy Funds, Deficit

Daily Trust, 14 December 2011

Economists and energy experts were sceptical over Federal Government's silence on inclusion of subsidy funds in the 2012 budget. Read more »

Nigeria:   We Won't Rubber Stamp Budget - Senators

Daily Trust, 14 December 2011

Senators have expressed readiness to critically scrutinise all provisions and policy thrusts included in the 2011 Appropriation bill presented by President Goodluck Jonathan… Read more »

Nigeria:   Jonathan Presents 2012 Budget to N/Assembly

Vanguard, 13 December 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday, presented the 2012 budget proposals to the joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja. Read more »

Nigeria:   Tambuwal to Jonathan - Your Budget Is Late

Daily Trust, 14 December 2011

Speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu Waziri Tambuwal yesterday lamented the "late" presentation of the 2012 budget estimate by President Goodluck Jonathan. Read more »

Nigeria:   A Promise and a Record

Daily Trust, 14 December 2011

One of the striking things in the budget presentation of President Goodluck Jonathan is a promise that may come to haunt him later. Read more »

Nigeria:   Budget Must Meet Milestones - Mark

Daily Trust, 14 December 2011

The 2012 budget must not fail to meet all the targeted economic growth and infrastructural development that it aims to achieve, Senate President David Mark has said. Read more »

Nigeria:   2012 Budget Speech Delivered President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

Nigeria First, 13 December 2011

Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR President, Federal Republic of Nigeria Before:A Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 Read more »