Budget

June 24, (THEWILL) – The Senate has approved an extension of the capital component of the 2024 national budget, shifting its implementation deadline to December 31, 2025. The decision was reached during plenary on Tuesday, following the presentation and swift...

February 10, (THEWILL) – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has withdrawn an appeal to the Supreme Court, seeking to set aside a judgment that nullified the state’s 2024 budget. Governor Fubara had approached the apex court to challenge an...

February 05, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu has increased the proposed total budget size for 2025 from N49.7 trillion to N54.2 trillion. The President announced the increase through separate letters forwarded to the Senate and the House of Representatives...

December 18, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu has arrived at the National Assembly complex for the presentation of the 2025 Appropriation Bill of N47.96 trillion to a Joint Session of the Senate and House of Representatives. The President arrived at...

Yes, the Senate may have suspended Senator Abdul Ningi, but the issues he raised concerning the N3.7 trillion, not specifically attached to any project in any location, are not going away any time soon. Senator Abdul Ningi, the Chairperson of...

March 10, (THEWILL) - The Northern Senators Forum has vowed to meet President Bola Tinubu, over the alleged N3 trillion padding it ‘discovered’ in the 2024 budget. The Chairman of the Forum, Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP–Bauchi Central), who disclosed this...

December 13, (THEWILL) - Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday, presented the 2024 budget of N800 billion to the State House of Assembly. The Governor presented the appropriation to the lawmakers led by Speaker Edison Ehie at a...

December 12, (THEWILL) - BudgIT, a leading civic-tech organisation promoting transparency, accountability, and effective service delivery in Nigeria, has raised concerns over the proposed 2024 Appropriation Bill presented to the National Assembly by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. THEWILL...

October 16, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government is projecting the sum of N26 trillion as the estimate for the 2024 appropriation budget. Minister of Budget and Planning, Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the...

Tracka, BudgIT’s service delivery promotion platform, which allows citizens to collaborate, track and give feedback on public projects in their communities, has discovered that a total of N81.7 billion was allocated to the construction of solar streetlights in the...