spending

US: Trump To Sign $1.4trn Spending Package For Senate

December 20, 2019 4:54 am

The U.S. Senate has passed a 1.4-trillion-dollar spending package that is expected to be signed into law by President Donald Trump.

The spending bills – approved in two votes of 73-21 and 81-11 – come ahead of a Friday deadline to fund the government or face a shutdown.

Last year, Republican lawmakers and Trump used the budget deadline as political leverage in a bid to get funding for Trump’s border wall with Mexico.

The stalemate over wall funding led to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history at 35 days.

This year lawmakers across the partisan divide said they wanted …

Era Of Reckless Spending Over In Kwara, Says AbdulRazaq

October 25, 2019 4:00 pm

Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state has declared that the era of reckless spending by public office holders was over in the state.

The governor said this on Friday in Ilorin in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

NAN reports that the governor was reacting to a news report by an Ilorin based newspaper that he bought three bullet-proof vehicles for himself, his and son.

According to Ajakaye, the governor has no reason to feign modesty as alleged in the report.

“His decision to be prudent with …

PDP against 27-year-old Makinde’s commissioner-nominee

PDP to APC: Criticise Adelabu’s lavish spending on election

July 22, 2019 12:45 am

Oyo State Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Kunmi Mustapha, has described the reactions of Oyo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the voluntary declaration of assets by Governor Seyi Makinde as reckless, unpatriotic, uncivilised and a wicked approach to discourage men of goodwill from partaking in politics.

In a statement made available to newsmen through the party’s Publicity Secretary, Akeem Olatunji, Mustapha condemned what it described as “the sycophantic nature” of his counterpart in Oyo APC, Chief Akin Oke.

The chairman said he expected him to ask questions from his party’s governorship candidate in …