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Nigeria: Senators Divided Over Oil Benchmark for 2016 Budget
Premium Times, 10 December 2015
Members of the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday commenced debate on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) presented to the upper legislative body by President Muhammadu Buhari. Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Proposes Highest Budget Ever
Leadership, 8 December 2015
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) at an emergency meeting yesterday approved the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) in preparation for the presentation of the 2016 budget. Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Proposes N6 Trillion Budget for 2016
Daily Trust, 8 December 2015
The Federal Government has proposed a budget estimate of N6 trillion for the 2016 fiscal year, 15 percent more than last year's budget. Read more »
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Nigeria: Abuja Airport Second Runway to Be Captured in 2016 Budget - Senate
Daily Trust, 7 December 2015
The Chairman, Senate adhoc committee on Aviation, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has said the second runway for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja will be captured in… Read more »
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Nigeria: Asoluka - Infrastructural Decay Is Evidence of Poor Capital Budget Implementation
Guardian, 6 December 2015
How would you appraise the 2015 budget in terms of performance? WHAT would you expect? This is our election year. Don't forget that in 2015, things began to slow down, and more… Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari's N8 Trillion Hat-Trick! (II)
Daily Trust, 5 December 2015
Now, consider these real big allegations which were never escalated nor investigated by the last government, and let us think about their implications on these revenues upon which… Read more »
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Nigeria: 2016 Budget Undergoing Integrity Check - Govt
Daily Trust, 5 December 2015
The 2016 budget is currently undergoing data clean-up and integrity checks, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma has said. Read more »
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Nigeria: Budget 2016 - Testing Ground for Legislative Agenda
Daily Trust, 5 December 2015
Just as the taste of a plate of pepper soup is in the eating, so the forth coming 2016 budget of the Federal government provides an ample opportunity for both chambers of the… Read more »