The Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation has rejected the ₦8.9 billion allocation in the 2025 budget proposal to the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, describing it as inadequate.
The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Kenneth Eze, announced the decision to reject the proposal when the Information Minister, Mohammed Idris, appeared before the committee to defend the ministry’s appropriation.
Eze stated that the decision to reject the budget was unanimous and had been adopted by all members of the committee.
Meanwhile, the National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance has increased the revenue projections for the Nigeria Customs Service from the proposed ₦6.5 trillion to ₦12 trillion for the 2025 fiscal year.
The committee also increased the revenue projection for the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation from ₦163.3 billion to ₦180 billion.
The decisions were taken when the heads of the two agencies appeared before the committee to defend the 2025 budget proposals and the revenue projections for the 2025 fiscal year.
