THE House of Representatives has commenced an inquest into the Ministry of Labour and Productivity over alleged irregularities regarding recruitment into the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) and other agencies. This pledge by the Reps came in the aftermath…
The Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N215,811,290,243 as budget for the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for the 2022 fiscal year. The approval followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Finance at plenary. The Chairman…
SOCIO-ECONOMIC Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila for “their failure to probe, and to refer to appropriate anti-corruption agencies fresh allegations…
PALIARMENTARY Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) appears to be divided over the emergency meeting called by the National Assembly management to avert the union’s industrial action fixed for Monday, January 10, 2022. The emergency meeting is scheduled to hold on…
THE Senate has uncovered how the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) failed to remit about N23 billion ($679.4 million – N480 per dollar) realised from the concession of various ports granted to 23 companies under the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA)…
A BRAWL broke out on the floor of Ghana’s parliament late on Monday as lawmakers debated a proposed tax on electronic transactions that has divided the house for weeks. The 1.75 percent e-levy, which would include taxes on mobile money…
THE House of Representatives said on Tuesday there will be no budgetary allocation to the Nigeria Sovereign Wealth Fund from Federation Account for the 2022 fiscal year. Chairman of the House Committee on Finance, James Faleke who made the position…
By ABDULLAHI RABIU, Kano KANO state governor Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has on Thursday presented the 2022 budget proposal tagged budget of ” Consolidation and Progress” The governor said this year’s budget is a little above the 2O21 budget and…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu’s request to borrow $700 million has been kicked against by the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debt chaired by Senator Uba Sani on Wednesday. Buhari had earlier requested for approval of the loan to enable his administration…
THE House of Representatives has asked that the oil bench mark for the 2022 Budget proposal should be set at $60 per barrel. This will be different from the $57 brought by the executive. The House also called for zero…
