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Osun: Fire Destroy Property Worth N15.3bn in 2024

    Osun State Fire Service says property worth N15,308,651,017 were lost to fire outbreaks in the state between January and December 2024. The losses were recorded in the state fire service's annual ‘fire incident record,’ which the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) obtained on Friday in Oshogbo. According to the data, the state fire service received 103 fire outbreak calls in the year under review, and it attended to 16 additional non-fire-related calls. The data also reflected that the majority of the fire outbreaks took place in February and December when 20 fire outbreaks were recorded each. READ:  Soun appoints Rev Owoade as Palace Chaplain However, the highest property loss was recorded in December, with N12.580 billion in property lost to fire outbreaks. This was followed by the month of May when property worth N1.249 billion was destroyed during five recorded fire incidents. According to the data, seven persons died from the fire incidents, with one death recorded in ...
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2024 Budget to be passed Dec 30th – Speaker

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, says the 2024 budget will be passed on Saturday, December 30, 2023.

Abbas made this announcement as the House resumed plenary on Tuesday.

This was as he passed a message from the Committee on Appropriations to various committees of the House that they must conclude and submit their reports on budget defence by agencies of government by 8:00 pm on Tuesday, December 19, 2023.

According to him, other budget-related activities like compilation, processing and harmonization would take place in between.

Recall that the House had suspended plenary on December 1, to conduct budget proposal defence towards speedy passage of the Appropriation Bill.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had in November, proposed a budget of N27.5 trillion for the 2024 fiscal year.

The budget was presented to a joint session of the National Assembly for scrutiny and deliberations for final approval.

In his presentation, Tinubu declared, “The 2024 Appropriation has been themed the Budget of Renewed Hope. The proposed budget seeks to achieve job-rich economic growth, macro-economic stability, a better investment environment, enhanced human capital development, as well as poverty reduction and greater access to social security.”

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