Nigeria:   2020 Budget - Buhari Slashes Allocation to Social Investment Programmes By 94%

Premium Times, 9 October 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari has slashed allocation to a key social intervention scheme of his administration, the Social Investment Programmes (SIPs), by a massive 94 per cent. Read more »

Nigeria:   APC Confident of Early Passage of 2020 Budget

Premium Times, 8 October 2019

Following the presentation of the 2020 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday by President Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC)… Read more »

Nigeria:   2020 Budget - Senate Issues Deadline for Ministries, Agencies to Defend Their Estimates

Premium Times, 8 October 2019

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, said on Tuesday that only this October is set aside for all government agencies to defend their 2020 budget estimates to enable the… Read more »

Nigeria:   2020 Budget Tailored to Take Millions Out of Poverty - Sajoh

Vanguard, 9 October 2019

Immediate-past Commissioner of Information and Strategy in Adamawa, Malam Ahmad Sajoh said the 2020 budget was in line with poverty alleviation efforts of the present… Read more »

Nigeria:   2020 Budget Will Impoverish Nigerians - PDP

Premium Times, 8 October 2019

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the National Assembly (NASS) to redirect the 2020 budget to areas that would better serve the interest of majority of Nigerians. Read more »

Nigeria:   Stop Paying Salary to Workers Not On IPPIS - Buhari

Premium Times, 8 October 2019

Any federal government worker not captured on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) by October 31 would not be paid his monthly salary. Read more »

Nigeria:   Nigeria to Spend a Quarter of 2020 Budget On Debt Payment

Premium Times, 8 October 2019

Nigeria will use nearly a quarter of its 2020 budget to repay debts the government owes locally and internationally. Read more »