The federal executive council (FEC) has approved the
proposed N19.76 trillion budget for the 2023 fiscal year.
Femi Adesina, special assistant to the president on media
and publicity, disclosed this while addressing state house correspondents on
the outcome of the FEC meeting.
He said the council gave the approval at its weekly meeting
presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja.
Adesina said Buhari would present the budget proposal before
a joint sitting of the national assembly on Friday, October 7.
“It was virtually one
item in the federal executive council meeting. The budget proposal for 2023 was
presented and discussed at length,” the presidential spokesperson said.
“That budget proposal would be taken to the national
assembly on Friday morning by the president.”
He, however, declined to give details of the council’s
decision as a “mark of respect for the national assembly”.
“It will not be
proper to begin to discuss the content of what will be officially presented on
Friday,” Adesina said.
“We want to give the national assembly the honour of
receiving it first then there will be a breakdown on a later date by the
minister of finance.”
Also speaking on the hybrid FEC sessions (in-person and
online participants), Adesina said the council was abiding by the country’s
COVID-19 protocol.
“You know, you have to follow the protocol, as done by the
steering committee on COVID-19. The last protocol they announced was that when
you are in an open place, you are at liberty to do without your mask, but when
you are in an enclosed place, then it is advisable to still use your mask,” he
explained.
“The council chamber
is enclosed. There are, I think 42 ministers by the time 42 ministers
congregate there, along with other cabinet office staff, it’s becoming choked.
“Then it may not be advisable to have a full-blown physical
meeting yet, but I’m sure we’ll get to that point.”
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