President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted a supplementary budget proposal of N2.55 trillion to the National Assembly for approval. Buhari is requesting a review of the 2022 Appropriation Act to accommodate an additional budget for petroleum products subsidy for June to December 2022. The president’s request was contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Tuesday. Buhari also wants the National Assembly to restore some projects earlier removed from the 2022 budget by the legislature. Recall that the president had complained about “worrisome changes” made by the lawmakers…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has identified paucity of funds as one of the major obstacles to implementing the National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS). NCDC Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, said this while presenting a paper at a two-day retreat on COVID-19 and health security in Nigeria. The paper was titled, “National Action Plan for Health Security: Challenges of Implementation and Potential Areas where Advocacy is needed.” The retreat was organised by the Africa Health Budget Network in collaboration with National Advocates for Health and Nigerian Cancer Society. Adetifa, who was represented by Dr Bola Lawal, an…
A crucial window for diplomacy and for Russia to step back from its threats towards Ukraine remains, Boris Johnson and Joe Biden have said. The two leaders agreed during a call on Monday evening that Western allies should stay “united in the face of Russian threats,’’ and would keep in close contact as the situation develops. This is according to the spokesperson for Johnson. It followed a warning from the prime minister earlier on Monday that an invasion could take place within 48 hours as he urged Russia’s president to step back from the edge of a precipice. British Foreign…
Nigerian economic experts have urged the federal government to seek debt moratorium and reduce the cost of governance to reduce funds expended on debt servicing. The Head of Department of Economics, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Prof. Sherifdeen Tella, Ago Awoye, Ogun state, on Tuesday in Lagos said the federal government should demand for debt moritarium from our development partners. “Asking for a moratarium is the best because it will enable government to suspend payment for now and restrategise. “The government cannot continue to service its rising debt profile at the expense of meeting the competing needs of the people,” he said.…
By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi Bauchi State Police Command on Tuesday, handed over mopped up fire arms and ammunition recovered from June 2021 to January 2022 to the Center for the Control of Small and Light Weapons (NCCSALW), office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) at the Presidency. The commissioner, Umar Sanda while handling over the items at the police command said the achievements was recorded through robust synergy and partnership with sister security agencies, local security outfits and other non-governmental organizations, which is in place to flush out criminals in the state. “I want to emphasize that these feat was…
U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken on Tuesday said U.S. has donated an additional five million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for the novel coronavirus to Africa Blinken in a statement on Monday said the vaccines would be distributed to countries across the continent following a meeting with global partners to bolster coordination to combat the disease. “I also announced the U.S. government is making a direct donation of five million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine to the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) the African Union’s vaccine procurement and distribution effort. “The United States has donated…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $95 million for Cambodian government to purchase COVID-19 vaccines from 2022 to 2023, it said in a press statement on Tuesday. “The project will help Cambodia save lives by reducing the number of severe COVID-19 cases and accelerate the country’s economic recovery from the pandemic,” said ADB senior social sector specialist, Rikard Elfving. “ADB will also provide $1 million in technical assistance to help Cambodia boost the effectiveness of logistics and supply management systems and reduce access barriers among women, girls, children, and hard-to-reach populations,” he said. In addition to…
Your Excellency, every committed leader and member of our great party, All Progressives Congress (APC), is very apprehensive that with less than two weeks to the scheduled February 26, 2022 National Convention, preparations are very low key, to put it very mildly. There is no indication that sub-committees have been setup to drive processes of organising the Convention. Every day, we wake up with different speculation about either Governors will be meeting to decide on zoning or Governors are going to be meeting with Your Excellency, etc. Communication from the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) is very poor and…
ASHENEWS – The European Union (EU) says it plans to invest €820 million through its Gateway Initiative in the Nigerian Digital Economy sector over the next three years. The ministry’s spokesperson, Uwa Suleiman in a statement on Monday, said the Executive Vice President of the Union, Margrethe Vestager made the disclosure during a working visit to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Pantami in his office. According to the statement, Vestager extolled the exemplary leadership style of Pantami, adding that the need for stronger partnerships had brought global attention to the country’s digital economy sector. She enumerated…
The House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise has set the sum of N3.01 trillion as the 2022 revenue target for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).The committee also approved N369 billion as the 2022 budget for the service. Rep. Leke Abejide, Chairman House Committee on Customs and Excise, said this when the Comptroller-General of the service, Hameed Ali appeared before the committee to defend the 2022 budget. Abejide commended the NCS for exceeding the N1.678 trillion for the 2021 revenue target. He recalled that during the 2021 budget defence, the CGC presented the sum of N1.465 trillion, which he…