BUHARI’S HEALTH : CAN SLAMS SGF BABACHIR, WARNS HIM AGAINST INCURRING GOD’S WRATH

President Buhari

CHRISTIANS in Nigeria were yesterday angry with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr. David Lawal over his misleading claim that, Christians are fueling rumors about President Buhari's health, admonishing him to tread softly to avoid incurring the God’s wrath.

The President, Youth Wing of Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN), Engr. Daniel David Kadzai said the SGF did not need to sell his people of same faith cheapfor political gain. Kadzai in a statement signed in Abuja, said Babachir should not be deceived by his current position to equate himself as spiritual leader, adding that he had no authority to speak for Christians in the country.

Accessing Capital Funds Now Based On Performance, FG Says

Quarterly releases of funds for capital projects will no longer be automatic but subject to meeting of key performance indicators by Ministries, Parastatals and Agencies (MDA), Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, has said. 

The minister disclosed this yesterday in an opening address at the 2016 Annual Public Lecture of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES) held in Abuja. 

The government is set to make some capital releases for the coming quarter as the second quarter of the year draws to a close. N1.79 trillion or 29 per cent of the N6.06tr 2016 budget has been earmarked for capital expenses. 

BREAKING NEWS: Nigerian Senate finally pass 2016 budget

The senate has passed the 2016 budget into law after weeks of delay.

Presenting a report on the budget, on Wednesday, Danjuma Goje, chairman senate committee on appropriation, said that the budget was “full of controversy”, but that the senate would not want to delay its passage by adding more controversies to it.


He said that there were lapses in the budget, but that the committee had to work around them. He said that the delay in the passage of the budget had already been given a political hue, hence Nigerians would blame the legislature for any further delay.