The Senate on Thursday passed a federal budget of N10.59 trillion for the 2020 fiscal year in keeping with its major legislative agenda of returning the country’s budget cycle to a more predictable one as well as re-positioning the nation’s economy on the path of sustainable growth.. The passage of the annual 2020 budget before […]
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, on Thursday described the huge sum of N3.3 trillion personnel cost provision in the 2020 Appropriation Bill as undesirable for nation’s development when compared to the N2.1 trillion voted for capital projects. Ahmed, who expressed this feeling during her defence of the ministry’s […]
The Minister of Finance, Budget and Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, on Monday hinted of fiscal plans by the Federal Government, in form of tax incentives that will enable Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMES) in the country to minimize operational costs, post more profits and by implication, be able to contribute to the nation’s revenue […]