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Nigeria’s budgeting process lacks clarity, discipline – Expert

The founder of Budget, a fiscal transparency platform, Seun Onigbinde, has criticized the Nigerian government’s budgeting process, saying it lacks clarity, discipline, and performance-driven planning.   In an interview with Arise News on Saturday, Onigbinde said that the 2023 budget, which was passed into law under the previous administration, had no clear information on how […]

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Tinubu approves N2.17trn 2023 supplementary budget

President Bola Tinubu has approved the N2.17 trillion 2023 supplemental budget. According to The Times, the budget was swiftly approved by the Senate and House of Representatives last week, and the president then signed it. The National Assembly adopted the plan, and it is now essentially a law, enabling the federal government to distribute the […]

2023 Budget: BudgIT questions FG's N81.7bn streetlight allotment
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2023 Budget: BudgIT questions FG’s N81.7bn streetlight allotment

BudgIT has questioned the Federal Government’s allocation of N81.7 billion for the building of solar streetlights in the 2023 budget. According to Nairametrics, in a statement issued on Friday, the budget monitoring organization claimed that the amount budgeted for streetlights was greater than the sums allotted for schools and primary health facilities, which totals N77.9 billion […]

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How FG’ll fund N11.34trn budget deficit – Finance Minister

The Federal Government has stated that the 2023 budget, which was approved at N21.82 trillion, will have a N11.34 trillion budget deficit. It was also revealed that the budget will be financed through domestic and foreign sources and also multi-lateral-bilateral loan drawdowns. According to Nairametrics, this was disclosed by the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed […]

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2023 budget: FG projects 1.69m oil barrels daily

Ahead of the presentation of the 2023 budget to lawmakers, a report has revealed that the Federal Government is projecting the production of 1.69 million barrels of oil daily. This is as the President, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), is scheduled to present the N19.76 trillion 2023 Budget estimates before lawmakers at a joint session of […]