– Babafemi Ojudu, vice chairman, Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service Looking at the 2014 budget proposal, it is more than 75 per cent recurrent and less than 25 per cent capital. What does it say about this country and our budgeting process? I think it says more than we are even aware of.…
No Cause for Alarm
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, finance minister, sends a 102-page document to the House of Representatives Committee on Finance, showcasing the government’s achievement so far Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, minister of finance and coordinating minister for the economy, has probably never been under as much pressure as she has experienced recently. Since mid-last year, she had at one time or…
We Must Run A True Federation’ —- Nda-Isaiah
Sam Nda-Isaiah, publisher, Leadership Newspaper has emphasized the need for Nigeria to run as a true federal system if the country must develop to the desired level. He said this during a courtesy visit to the corporate headquarters of TELL Communications Limited, publishers of TELL Magazine and Broad Street Journal, BSJ. Nda-Isaiah…
House Deputy Speaker Shuns APC
Emeka Ihedioha, deputy speaker of the House of Representatives has dispelled rumours that he was about to defect to the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC. Ihedioha told constituents at Mbutu, his home in Mbaise local government area of Imo State that such speculation was unfounded. The state governor, Rochas Okorocha, who won the seat on…
Jonathan Replies: Obasanjo’s letter designed to incite war
President Goodluck Jonathan over the weekend wrote a reply to the 18 page letter written by the former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. In his reply, President Jonathan debunked the allegations the former president made describing it as lies and threat to national security calculated to incite the entire citizenry into ethnic disharmony. LETTER: “I…
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