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NASS directs upward review of budgetary allocation for Steel Ministry

NASS directs upward review of budgetary allocation for Steel Ministry

The National Assembly through its Joint Committee on Steel Development, has directed an upward review of the 2025 budget for the Ministry of Steel Development. Chairman of the committee, Sen.  Patrick Ndubueze (APC -Imo North), declared this, after the Minister, Mr Shuaibu Audu presented the ministry’s 2025 budget estimate before it. Audu in his presentation,  …

Alleged attempted murder: Absence of defendant stalls trial of 20 tanker drivers

Court dismisses SERAP’s suit against NASS budget

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by the Incorporated Trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, challenging the powers of the National Assembly to amend its budget in the 2024 Appropriation Act. Justice James Omotosho ruled, among others, that SERAP lacked the locus standi to institute the suit. The …