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Nigeria: Saraki Using Budget Padding Crisis to Blackmail Buhari - Marafa
Leadership, 21 February 2016
Spokesman of the anti-Saraki's Senators known as Unity Forum (SUF), Senator Kabir Marafa has alleged that the latest controversy trailing the 2016 budget proposal was pushed by the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Should Withdraw This Budget
Daily Trust, 13 February 2016
The confusion that has trailed the consideration of the 2016 budget estimates of various Federal ministries and agencies by the National Assembly has been without parallel in… Read more »
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Nigeria: Fayose Accuses Buhari's Appointees of Fraud, Urges President to Withdraw 2016 Budget, Apologise
Premium Times, 12 February 2016
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has described the controversial 2016 Budget of the Federal Government as a confirmation that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President… Read more »
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Nigeria: NASS Makes U-Turn Over Passage of 2016 Budget
Leadership, 15 February 2016
Indications emerged yesterday that the National Assembly may have rescinded its decision to indefinitely suspend its passage of the 2016 budget. Read more »
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Nigeria: Tinubu - Poor Health Indexes, a Challenge for Buhari
This Day, 17 February 2016
The Senator representing Lagos Central senatorial district and wife of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Tuesday said the current… Read more »
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Nigeria: 2016 Budget Fraud - Buhari Orders Probe
Premium Times, 12 February 2016
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an immediate investigation into allegations of fraudulent padding of allocations in the 2016 budget, with strict orders that all cases of… Read more »
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Nigeria: National Assembly Suspends Deadline for Passing 2016 Budget
Guardian, 10 February 2016
Signposting the persistence of the confusion that began when the 2016 budget document was declared "missing" at the National Assembly four weeks ago, doubts still remain over the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Budget 2016 a Litmus Test for Buhari
Vanguard, 10 February 2016
After being initially stigmatised in the "missing budget" saga, the 2016 Appropriation Bill, which is being tooth-combed for passage by the National Assembly, if properly… Read more »