1. It is with pleasure that I present the 2021 Federal Budget Proposals to this Joint Session of the National Assembly. 2. Distinguished and Honourable Leaders, and Members of the National Assembly, at this juncture, I wish to commend your tremendous efforts in approving the revision of the 2020 – 2022 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper, and passage of the 2020 Appropriation (Repeal and Amendment) Act, in response to the Coronavirus Pandemic. 3. Today marks an important occasion in our quest to accord the federal budget process the seriousness it deserves. In line with our commitment, we have…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the harmonious relationship between the executive and legislature. Buhari who spoke at the presentation of the 2021 budget estimates to the Joint Session of the National Assembly on Thursday in Abuja, stressed the need to further deepen the relationship. “Mr Senate President, Mr Speaker, distinguished and honourable members, let me use this opportunity to, again, commend your firm commitment towards ensuring a very harmonious and productive relationship with the executive.’’ Buhari said that he believed the legislative process would be expedited to ensure its prompt passage to sustain the restoration of a…
President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan has advocated the consolidation of the gains of 2020 budget, especially on creation of more jobs opportunities in the country. Lawan made the call in his opening remarks at the presentation of the 2021 budget estimates to the Joint Session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari. “It is our hope that the 2021 budget will be targeted at consolidation of gains made by the 2020 budget. “The 2020 budget was targeted at Sustaining Growth and Jobs.” He said the implementation of the 2020 budget has shown a remarkable improvement over the previous years.…
The Police Service Commission, PSC, says it dispatched a high powered monitoring team to the three Senatorial zones of Ondo state, to monitor the conduct of Policemen on electoral duties during this Saturday’s governorship election in the State. A statement by the spokesperson of the Commission, Ikechukwu Ike made available to ASHENEWSONLINE on Thursday said the team left Abuja with the Commission’s guidelines for Policemen on election duties and a checklist to measure the level of compliance or not by these Policemen. “The Commission is also setting up a Situation Room in Abuja to coordinate the activities of its Staff…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, presented the proposed 2021 appropriation bill of N13 trillion to the National Assembly, NASS. The President was accompanied only by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and a few ministers, while the others participated virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Before presenting the proposed budget, Buhari gave a breakdown of the performance of the 2020 budget. Buhari, who said that the 2021 budget is tagged the budget of economic recovery and resilience, added that “the main thrust of the 2021 budget is to complete as many ongoing projects as possible”, while giving priority to the ones that most…
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tbursday, sentenced an internet fraudster, Kehinde Adelakun, to nine months imprisonment. A statement by the Spokesperson of the Commission, Wilson Uwujaren said Adelakun was arraigned Thursday by the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a two-count charge bordering on possession of documents containing false pretext. He was arrested on August 21, 2020 around the Oniru axis of Lagos State by operatives of the EFCC for his involvement internet fraud. One of the count reads: “That you, Adelakun Kehinde Adewumi, sometime in…
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has described chided Ogun governor, Dapo Abiodun for giving a bungalow and N5 million cash and appointing the winner of BBNaija, Moshood Olamilekan Agbeleshebioba as the Ambassador of the Youth in Ogun State. A statement by the president of MURIC, Prof Ishaq Akinola made available to ASHENEWSONLINE on Thursday, also described Abiodun’s action as disappointing, disgusting, misplaced and myopic. “We are miffed by Governor Abiodun’s action. What does he think he is promoting? A whole governor is idolizing indecency and encouraging greed and materialism. It is disappointing, disgusting, misplaced and myopic. This is happening at…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says it has intercepted 179.090 kilograms of various hard drugs in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) within the first week of October. The NDLEA, FCT Commander, Mr Lawan Hamisu, told news men in Abuja that the seizure was excluding the liquid based drugs such as Codeine. Hamisu said that the drugs seized comprised Cannabis sativa, Cocaine and Rophynol in a coordinated operation across the Territory. He said that the operatives of the command within the period also arrested 13 suspects and 5 users of hard drugs, adding that the suspects and users…
U.S. President Donald Trump has been symptom-free for 24 hours and his vital signs are in the normal range, his physician said on Wednesday. Trump was hospitalised for coronavirus complications over the weekend. The president subsequently made his first return to the Oval Office. The ceremonial Marine guard was stationed outside the building, a sign that the head of state was inside. In a video posted to Twitter later, Trump appeared outside the Oval Office to tout the cutting-edge medicine he was treated with. He said he “wasn’t feeling so hot” when he went to hospital, but “they gave me Regeneron…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 155 new COVID-19, infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Wednesday. The COVID-19 national death toll in the country remains 1,113 persons after four days without recording any death across the country. The agency said that eight states had reported 155 new infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 59,738. The NCDC also announced that 95 patients recovered from the infection and were discharged after testing negative to the virus. It said that Lagos State recorded the highest new infections…