House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs has expressed surprise over low budget allocated for capital projects in agencies under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chairman of the committee, Rt. Hon.( Dr.) Yusuf Buba Yakub, said that the various sums allocated to capital costs in the 2022 Budget proposals for the agencies and departments under the ministry are meagre and, therefore, appear insensitive to the challenges faced by those institutions. He made the observation during the defence of the 2022 Budget proposals of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA)…
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Lawmakers pledge to seek increased budgetary allocation for Foreign Ministry
….As committee undertakes oversight visit to ministry The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs has promised to ensure an increased budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chairman of the committee, Hon. ( Dr.) Yusuf Buba Yakub, gave the assurance when the lawmakers undertook an oversight visit to the ministry in Abuja. The statement was made available on Wednesday by Nkem Anyata-Lafia, Special Adviser, Media and Public Affairs to the committee chairman. Buba re-iterated the committee’s call for adequate funding for the ministry, while also stressing that available…
Read MoreOnitsha-North: A sharp focus on federal allocation
The Federal Ministry of Finance,Abuja published in the Sun newspaper of Monday Dec. 9, 2019, the distribution of revenue allocation to Local Government Council by Federation Account Committee for the month of April, 2019. In the publication, all the local councils were listed according to their States and what they got. In Anambra State, Onitsha-North Local Government Council got a total allocation of N131,307,997.32k. Breakdown: Gross Statutory Allocation is N100,577,134.91k. Deduction is 0k Exchange Gain Difference is N154,671,44k Value Added Tax is N30,576,190.97k This is just for a month. This…
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