Reps pass 2021 budget for Customs, FIRS
The House also asked the CBN to procure four scanners for the Customs.
The
House of Representatives, on Thursday, passed the 2021 budget of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
The total budget for the NCS was put at N257 billion. Out of this, N137 billion was approved for capital projects, N99.7 billion for personnel cost and N19.7 billion for overhead.
Also, a total of N216 billion was approved for the FIRS following the adoption of the report of the Committee on Finance, presented by its chairman, James Faleke (APC, Lagos).
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The Ministry of Defence has purchased equipment for the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy and the Defence Intelligence Agency worth $99.5m (N37.9bn), out of the $1bn approved by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.),
Sunday PUNCH can authoritatively report.
Buhari, on April 4, 2018, was said to have approved the $1bn fund for military equipment, following a meeting with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Then Minister of Defence, Brig. Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, spoke with State House correspondents after the meeting, saying, “Of recent, our leader, President Muhammadu Buhari, gave approval for the purchase of more equipment for the military, worth $1bn.”
DSS, police, civil defence occupy property in Abuja, Lagos, others
They are on guard duty – EFCC
Some choice property seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) under interim forfeiture and investigations are now being used as accommodation and transit camps by their operatives and other security agencies in some parts of the country, Daily Trust on Sunday’s investigations reveal.
By Itodo Daniel Sule, Idowu Isamotu & John Chuks Azu (Abuja), Adelanwa Bamgboye (Lagos), Lami Sadiq & Maryam Ahmadu-Suka (Kaduna)
Hotels and residential buildings on which permanent forfeiture orders are yet to be obtained are some of the property that have been converted to use by the EFCC, police, DSS and civil defence officials.