Okonjo-Iweala, in a statement by her Special Adviser on Media, Paul Nwabuikwu, said the reports making the rounds in this regard were false
Browsing: 2014 budget
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Budget and Economic Planning, Bade Adeshina, in a statement on Tuesday, said: “Inasmuch as a budget is the plan and guide for all agencies of government to deliver the dividends of democracy as well as the equal distribution of wealth for the masses, those in charge of the budget implementation should follow the approved guidelines to the letter
Okogu made the statement at a news briefing at which he gave details of the budget, which was also signed by President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday
Controversy had dogged the budget following disagreements with the federal legislators by the executive arm of government
The drama began when the Senate Leader, Senator Abdul Ningi, read the proposal of 2014 Budget for consideration on the floor of the Red Chamber
The Commissioner for Planning, Mallam Yahaya Dansallau, said during a press conference by the state government in Minna that the overall budget performance for the first quarter was N17.347 billion, making it 70.19 per cent
Fielding questions from State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, Maku said government would not just overlook what he described as serious misrepresentation in the budget passed
According to him, eight months is enough to implement the 2014 budget
President Goodluck Jonathan on December 19, 2013, through the Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, submitted the 2014 budget to the National Assembly for consideration and passage
Governor Jonah Jang had on December 19, 2013 presented a budget proposal of N228.7 billion for 2014 to the House of Assembly
Gaiya, who revealed this at the Police Sports Awards on Friday, said that the three sports bodies have already been communicated as regards this meeting so that they would have enough time to prepare for the parley
This was contained in a statement issued by the clerk of the committee, Farouk Dawaki
The passage of the budget followed the adoption of the report presented by Hon. Daniel Mayuku, the Chairman of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation
He said that the six-man committee set up by the Speaker, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, was to look into the constitutionality of the objection raised by lawmaker during last week’s debate on the budget
This directive was given after the House adopted the recommendations of the report of a six-man committee it set up to determine whether the executive had complied with extant rules in submitting the budget proposal to the National Assembly
Mohammed (APC-Kwara) told the News Agency of Nigeria in Gure, Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, that the House was keen on giving the country a sound budget that could be implemented seamlessly
“We have been under pressure from many quarters, including the Senate, to integrate the civilian component of pension, and doing so will further increase the recurrent budget
The budget, which has a recurrent size of N39.4 billion and a capital allocation of N53.9 billion when it was presented on December 10, 2013, had the capital size increased with N478 million to bring the capital expenditure to N54.4 billion
Senator Gbenga Kaka (APC-Ogun), in his contribution, said that it was appalling that the agriculture sector, which was capable of employing a teeming number of youths, had very little allocation
In a statement on Saturday, Adeyeye called on APC members in the House of Representatives to emulate their colleagues in the Senate by always rising above partisan consideration in the performance of their duties