Appropriation Bill: Senate to Suspend Plenary for Two Weeks National Assembly tentatively fixes January 31 for passage of proposed budget
Sunday Aborisade in Abuja The Senate yesterday said it would suspend plenary for two weeks im-
mediately the National Assembly resumes from its current yuletide celebrations on January 14. It explained that this would enable
the Appropriation sub-committees of both chambers begin consideration of the N49.7 trillion 2025 budget. The Red Chamber also tentatively
fixed January 31, 2025, as a possible date to lay the report of the Appropriation Committee for passage same day.
It fixed Thursday this week, as an open day on the proposed budget consideration. It hinted that stakeholders in
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THISDAY Lifetime Achievement Awards Finalised By Board of Editors Unveils nominees for Game Changers category Announces D’Tigress, Nigeria's female Basket Team, Sports Personality of the year Nominees for CEOs of the year also emerge Story on page 6 WINNERS: LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
CEOS OF THE YEAR
Mohammed Hayatu- Deen
Aloma Mukhtar
Daisy Danjuma
Leo Stan Ekeh – Private Sector
Eniola Fadayomi
Maiden Ibru
Hajia Inna Ciroma
Gbenga Komolafe – Public Sector
NOMINEES: THE GAME CHANGERS OF THE YEAR
Dapo Abiodun - For massively increasing the IGR of Ogun State
Peter Mbah – For massively increasing the IGR of Enugu State in just 19 months
Babajide Sanwo-Olu – For rebuilding Lagos (He completed the Blue Rail and built the Red Rail)
Wale Edun – The unsung champion of the reforms
Nuhu Ribadu - For his determined war on terror