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Nigeria:
NASS Tackles Executive Over Budget Implementation
Leadership, 16 June 2017
The contention between the executive and the legislature over the extent of the latter's power of appropriation took a deeper crisis dimension yesterday as the Senate disagreed… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Non-Implementation of Budget Impeachable Offence - Dogara
Leadership, 16 June 2017
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, reminded the presidency that non implementation of the Appropriation Act is an impeachable offence. Read more »
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Nigeria:
National Assembly Has Powers to Alter Appropriation Bill - Dogara
Guardian, 16 June 2017
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, yesterday said that the National Assembly has powers of appropriation. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo was reported in the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
National Assembly Has Powers to Tamper With Budget - Dogara
Premium Times, 16 June 2017
The speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday said the National Assembly has powers to introduce new projects to the federal budget, or remove proposed… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Dogara Disagrees With Osinbajo Over Budget Process
Daily Trust, 16 June 2017
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara said the National Assembly has powers to introduce new projects in budget proposals presented by the president. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Osinbajo Accuses National Assembly of Injecting New Projects Into Budget
Guardian, 14 June 2017
Barely 24 hours after he signed the 2017 appropriation bill into law, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has accused the National Assembly of injecting new projects into the budget. Read more »
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Nigeria:
National Assembly, Osinbajo Clash Over 2017 Budget
Vanguard, 16 June 2017
The Senate said, yesterday, it would not concede its constitutional powers to the executive arm of government. Read more »
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Nigeria:
N'Assembly - Osinbajo Must Have Been Misquoted, We Can Alter Appropriation Bill
This Day, 16 June 2017
The National Assembly Thursday faulted acting President Yemi Osinbajo's stance that the National Assembly was not constitutionally empowered to alter the budget proposal submitted… Read more »
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Nigeria:
12 Things to Know About Nigeria's 2017 Budget
Premium Times, 13 June 2017
1. For the first time ever, the 2017 Budget was collated using a web-based application that allowed Ministries, Departments and Agencies to upload their budget proposals to the new… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Budget 2017, Between the Rock and a Very Hard Surface
This Day, 29 May 2017
This intervention is not about the fact that it took about six months for the National Assembly to pass the 2017 budget which was sent to it by the Presidency on December 14, 2016.… Read more »