The Senate on Wednesday accused Government Owned Enterprises of worsening the current dwindling revenue situation of the country and accused them of engaging in spending spree instead of remitting the appropriate funds into the federation account. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, made the allegation on Wednesday at a […]
The Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mallam Mohammed Nami, has projected that that the agency’s total revenue collection in the 2021 fiscal year would hit N5.900 trillion, representing a 16.22 percent increase over last year’s budget target of N5.076 trillion. Nami , while defending the 2021 budget of the agency before the Senate […]
The Senate on Thursday passed the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP). The passage of the document was sequel to the consideration of a harmonized conference report of the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives. In his presentation, Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Senator Olamilekan Solomon […]
The Senate on Thursday passed the Executive Finance Bill 2019, which seeks amendments of Nigeria’s tax laws, even as 11 other fiscal-oriented bills scale first reading in the upper chamber. The passage of the Finance Bill 2019 was sequel to the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Finance. While presenting the committee’s […]
The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris, on Monday disclosed that the Federal Government had so far saved about N230 billion over the past three years of the implementation of Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) in the public service. Idris gave this hint while he was defending his office’s budget before the […]