ASHENEWS reports that the Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago on Thursday presented a N1.5 trillion proposed 2025 budget to the State Assembly, tagged the “Budget of Hope for Sustainability and Food Security.”
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The Association of Civil Society in Malaria Control, Immunisation, and Nutrition (ACOMIN) has urged federal, state, and local governments to prioritise healthcare infrastructure in their budgets to ensure effective service delivery.
Nigeria’s budget has been heavily skewed toward recurrent expenditures in recent years, leaving critical sectors like health underfunded. For instance,…
The Kaduna State Planning and Budget Commission (PBC), supported by UNICEF, on Tuesday mobilized North-Central States to strengthen social budgeting for child-sensitive sectors in Nigeria. The states involved are Nasarawa, Kogi, Benue, Niger, Plateau, and Kwara.
Stakeholders in the agriculture sector say they are committed to scaling up the 2025 agriculture budget and ensuring necessary provisions are captured in the allocations.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined to bar Governor Siminalayi Fubara from spending government funds pending the hearing…
The Martin Amaewhule-led House of Assembly in Rivers state has halted all expenditures of the state governor until Governor Siminalayi…
A Consultant Family Physician, Dr Bode Oluwagbemi, has called on state governments to improve their budgetary provision and advocacy for family planning to break the cultural barriers and stigma associated with it.
CISLAC noted that “despite the enactment of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act in 2018, implementation has been hampered by inadequate funding. Over 30 million Nigerians with disabilities lack access to essential services such as education, healthcare, employment, and accessible infrastructure.”
The Senate has approved the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) 2024 Statutory Budget of N1.28 trillion. The budget was approved after…