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  • Oil Benchmark: “Adopt $80 or Resign” – Lawmakers to Okonjo Iweala

      Nigeria’s lawmakers, despite having no valid economic principles on which to base the call for the hike in the oil benchmark in the 2013 budget, have asked the Finance Minister and by extension the Presidency not...

    • Posted October 16, 2012
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  • Nigeria to spend over N100, 000,000 on dogs in 2013

      Budget details show that, the Nigerian police will spend N110, 179,250 next year on dogs. N55, 065,000 for the procurement of dog handling equipment and feeding, the construction of Force Headquarters dogs’ section barracks will cost...

    • Posted October 13, 2012
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  • Budget 2013 Presents Hope for Naira

    Financial experts have raised the prospects of a stronger and firm Naira next year, following the presentation of the 2013 budget by President Goodluck Jonathan to the National Assembly on Thursday. This is contained in a report...

    • Posted October 8, 2012
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  • President to Present budget on October 11th

    Barring any last minute changes, President Goodluck Jonathan will on October 11 (next Thursday) officially present the 2013 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly.   Presently, the House of Representatives are on an inspection tour of capital projects...

    • Posted October 4, 2012
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  • Sanusi Shuts Down Lawmakers Crude Benchmark Proposal, Advises on $75

    The Central Bank Governor, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, has faulted the proposal by federal lawmakers to hike the benchmark crude price from $75 to $82. Sanusi appeared before the House of Representatives Joint Committee on Finance and Legislative...

    • Posted October 4, 2012
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  • MTEF: Reps Throw Out FG’s $75/barrel Proposal, Recommend $82

    The lawmakers in the House of Representatives saddles with the responsibility of reviewing the 2013-2015 Medium Term Expenditure Framework document have recommended that the  oil price benchmark be reviewed upwards to $82 as against the Federal Government’s...

    • Posted October 3, 2012
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