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Buhari to present 2021 budget next week


President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2021 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly next week.
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, disclosed this on Tuesday while welcoming senators back from their eight- week annual vacation in Abuja.
Lawan said the Senate would give the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) a one-month window to defend their estimates during the consideration of the 2021 budget.
He said, “I am aware that the Executive will be presenting the 2021 budget estimates by next week.
“The Senate will provide a one-month window for budget defense by Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
“Like last year, the month of October 2020 will be dedicated to this exercise. Subsequent months of November and December will be dedicated to the internal processing of the budget by NASS.
“The various MDAs are therefore advised to ensure that they avail themselves the opportunity of the budget defense window to appear with all the relevant and necessary information to defend their budget estimates.”
Lawan said the 1999 Constitution as amended needed to be reviewed from time to time to improve the quality of governance and ensure stability in the nation’s polity.
He said that the ongoing review of the constitution and reforms of the Electoral Act would be given speedy consideration by the Senate.
He said, “The Senate will ensure speedy work on the review exercise. Also the Electoral Reform Amendment Bills will be treated with dispatch.
“We must ensure that we make amendments that will enhance free, fair, transparent and credible elections in our country.
“The security situation in our country is not what we want it to be. We want a security situation that guarantees protection of lives and property of citizens.”
He insisted that while the country was bedevilled by multifaceted security challenges, the National Assembly would continuously seek enduring measures to arrest the situation.”
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Tinubu requests Senate approval for $8.6 billion, €100 million loans for projects


Tinubu requests Senate approval for $8.6 billion, €100 million loans for projects
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has requested that the Senate authorize him to borrow $8,699,168,559 and €100 million to fund important projects around the country.
The president’s appeal was contained in a letter delivered by Senate President Godswill Akpabio at the start of plenary on Tuesday.
Tinubu said in the letter that the request was part of the federal government’s 2022-2024 foreign borrowing strategy, which had been approved by previous President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
He said the projects to be funded with the loan cuts across different sectors of the economy, and were selected based on economic evaluation and the expected contribution to the country’s development.
The letter reads, “I write in respect of the above subject and to submit the attached the federal government 2022-2024 external borrowing plan for consideration and early approval of the National Assembly to ensure prompt implementation of the projects.
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“The Senate may wish to note that the past administration approved a 2022-2024 borrowing plan by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) held on May 15, 2023.
“The projects cut across all sectors, with specific emphasis on infrastructure, agriculture, health, water supply, roads, security, and employment generation as well as financial management reforms.
“Consequently, the required approval is in the sum of $8,699,168,559 and €100 million.
“I would like to underscore the fact that the projects and programmes in the borrowing plan were selected based on economic evaluations as well as the expected contribution to the social economic development of the country, including employment generation, and skills acquisition.
“Given the nature of these facilities, and the need to return the country to normalcy, it has become necessary for the Senate to consider and approve the 2022- 2024 external abridged borrowing plan to enable the government deliver its responsibility to Nigerians.”
Tinubu requests Senate approval for $8.6 billion, €100 million loans for projects
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BREAKING: Appeal Court sacks Nasarawa Speaker, Ibrahim Balarabe


BREAKING: Appeal Court sacks Nasarawa Speaker, Ibrahim Balarabe
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked the Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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Newstrends reports that in a judgement delivered on Tuesday, the court declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Hon. Sa’ad Abdullahi Ibrahim (Turakin-Opanda), as the rightful winner of the election for Umaisha/Ugya State Constituency.
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Breaking! Appeal Court affirms Sim Fubara’s victory


Breaking! Appeal Court affirms Sim Fubara’s victory
The State and National Assembly Appeal Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday affirmed the election of Governor Siminalayi Fubara in the March 18 2023 governorship election.
The Appeal Court in a unanimous decision dismissed four separate appeals filed against the governor.
The appeals were filed by Patrick Tonye-Cole of the All Progressives Congress, Beatrice Itubo of the Labour Party, Innocent Ekwu of the Allied Peoples Movement and Lulu Briggs Dumo of Accord Party.
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The court held that all the appellants failed to prove the allegation of non-compliance with the Electoral Act.
The court also faulted the tribunal for dismissing Tonye-Cole’s appeal on the ground that APC sponsored him and had withdrawn the petition against Governor Fubara’s victory.
The appellate court further held that the fact that the APC withdrew its petition against Fubara’s victory does not prevent its candidate, Tony-Cole, from pursuing his appeal.
Breaking! Appeal Court affirms Sim Fubara’s victory
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