KADUNA STATE: PRIORITIZING EXPENDITURE ON INFRASTRUCTURE OVER HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
According to the Kaduna State 2020 Auditor-General report, the Kaduna Roads Agency (KADRA) spent about 33.5 billion under capital expenditure within the period. Township roads got the highest actual expenditure of 28.0 billion under the agency. Similarly, the Ministry of Public Works and Infrastructure spent about N12.2 billion. This put together is about N45.7 billion, […]
Still, Where is Dadiyata
By Seun Bakare On 2 August 2019 he arrived home in Kaduna, after a long day. He drove in and was about to lock the entrance gates when, like in a movie, gunmen appeared and in the words of his wife, those men “…accosted him and took him away in his car.” His family waited, […]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ON THE BUDGET CALL CIRCULAR FOR THE 2022 – 2024 MULTI-YEAR BUDGET OF THE 23 LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS OF KADUNA STATE
Are you interested in participating in the ongoing 23 local governments’ 2022 budget formulation process in Kaduna state? Then the budget call circular, which serves as a guide for the formulation of expenditure estimates, should be of great use for you. Below are some key things you should know from the document. ✓ Local governments […]
KADUNA STATE HALF-YEAR (JANUARY – JUNE) CAPITAL EXPENDITURE AS CAPTURED IN THE KADUNA STATE SECOND QUARTER 2021 BUDGET PERFORMANCE REPORT
*ADMINISTRATIVE CLASSIFICATION SECTORS – ✓Administration SectorBudget – N27.1 billionHalf-year Performance – N12.9 billionPercentage – 47.8% ✓ Economic SectorBudget – N101.9 billionHalf-year Performance – N49.4 billionPercentage – 48.5% ✓ Law and Justice SectorBudget – N5.0 billionHalf-year Performance – N2.3 billionPercentage – 47.1 billion ✓ Social SectorBudget – N112.5 billionHalf-year Performance – N53.2 billionPercentage – 47.3% SELECTED […]
No region in Southern Nigeria needs One Nigeria to survive.
Buhari’s government is a necessary evil. Necessary in the sense that each region that makes up the contraption called Nigeria has come to see the union as an open-faced lie that it is, and is weighing its options. While the South West, which became the backbone of the Northern dominance over the South for the […]
El-Rufai condemns Kauru attack
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has condemned in the strongest terms, an attack on Monday which spanned Ungwan Magaji, Kigam, Kisicho and Kikoba villages in Kauru local government area. According to a report from the Defence Headquarters Operation Safe Haven, armed assailants attacked the mentioned villages early on Monday morning, and swiftly left six residents dead. The […]
WHERE IS THE KADUNA STATE DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2021-2025)?
By YUSUF ISHAKU GOJE Seven months into 2021, with the current budget being implemented and that of 2022 at formulation stage, the Kaduna state government is yet to make public its revised State Development Plan (SDP, 2021-2025). This remains a major blockage to effective citizen’s engagement and fiscal accountability. This runs contrary to the spirit […]
Governor Atiku Bagudu gives kudos to PMB for refunding states on federal roads construction
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto GOVERNOR Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi state has acknowledged and appreciates President Muhamamdu Buhari for approving refunds on federal roads rehabilitated by states government. Bagudu made the remarkable statement of appreciation at weekend when he received the Minister of State for Works, Engineer Abubakar Aliyu at the Government House, Birnin Kebbi. […]
APC Congresses: Sokoto conducts consensus exercise as Speaker Manya, Representative Salame absent selves
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto The Sokoto state Chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC) on Saturday conducted a smooth ward Congresses exercise to elect new excos across the 244 wards in the state without he participation of Sokoto Assembly Speaker , Aminu Manya Achida and Representative Abdullahi Balarabe Salame of the HoRs. However, the two political […]
Abba Kyari suspended over FBI indictment by PSC.
The Police Service Commission has suspended a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari, over his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for bribery allegation. This came a few hours after the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, recommended the “immediate suspension” of Kyari, from the Nigeria […]