Edo State House of Assembly Speaker, Right Honourable Blessing Agbebaku, recently clarified the rationale behind the reduction in the allocation to the Deputy Governor's office for the 2024 appropriation. The allocation was slashed to approximately N345 million, while other offices, including the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Head of Service (HoS), and others, received higher allocations.Agbebaku addressed journalists in his office, dispelling rumors of d...

According to the civic organisation, the allocation for the streetlight projects was higher than the total allocation to schools and primary health centres in the country, which stood at N77.9 billion and N3.1 billion respectively, in the budget.BudgIT, a Nigerian civic organisation through its service delivery promotion platform, Tracka, has revealed that the Nigerian government in the 2023 budget allocation, allocated the sum of N81.7 billion for the construction...

The Budget Office of the Federation has said Nigeria now has a “limited borrowing space” due to its poor debt-to-revenue ratio, stressing that “trouble” looms for the country if it exceeds its limits.The office issued tthe warning as the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), wrote to the National Assembly seeking approval for a fresh $800m loan from the World Bank.Director-General of the Budget Office, Ben Akabueze , up while addressing members-elect of...