The Federal Government has hinted that there is no decision
yet on who will assent to the 2017 budget. The government said such a decision
would be taken when the document is transmitted to the Presidency.
He was responding to a question on whether the budget
will be signed by Osinbajo or taken to President Muhammadu Buhari in London
where the latter is currently receiving a medical treatment.
The minister simply responded: "When it (the budget) is
transmitted to the Presidency, that decision (on who to sign) will be
taken."
He said the budget which was passed last Thursday by the
National Assembly had not been formally transmitted to the executive.
He, however, disclosed that the Minister of Budget and
National Planning, Udoma Udoma, had received the advance copy.
Mohammed also stated that if there were any discrepancies in
the budget presented and the one passed, the executive would report to Udoma
for harmonisation.
He said: "In respect on the budget, it was only this
morning that the Minister of National Planning informed the council that the
budget has been passed. He has not sent to us individually, copies of the
passed budget.
"We now need to look at it against what we sent, and if there are any discrepancies, we will report back to the Minister of Budget and National Planning on harmonization."
On whether the National Assembly had transmitted the budget
to executive, he said: "Not yet, but at least, the minister of budget and
national planning has gotten an advanced copy of what was passed and that is
what we need to look at and compare to what we sent. It has not been
transmitted officially to the Presidency."
Mohammed also stated that Ministry of Budget and National
Planning would "make the implementation of the 2016 budget public. They
have told us that about N1.2 trillion was released for capital."
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What decision needs to be made when the acting VP Yemi Osinbajo ought to be the Acting President, even though he's named as coordinator of government activities, which is degrading? The VP must sign the budget so that government can continue to function. An incapacitated president or his nephew cabals cannot sign the budget but only the Vice President, who supposed to be the acting president and not coordinator of government activities.
ReplyDeleteLet them leave it unsigned. Or take it travel billion miles to London to be sign. I know your problem.
ReplyDeleteYou don't want the co-ordinator ti sign it. It is well.
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