– Some MDAs risk zero allocation
– Certain grey areas identified in 2015 budget to be probed
The discrepancies identified in the 2016 budget proposal may appear to be unsettled ahead of next week’s plan by both chambers of the National Assembly to harmonise its budget.
The House of Representatives on Thursday, February 25 summoned the minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun, CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele, the Accountant General of the Federation Ahmed Idris and Minister of Budget and National Planning.
This is even as many ministries, departments and agencies of government risk zero allocation in 2016 if they or their oversighting committees miss deadline set by the House of Representatives for final harmonization Udo Ndoma.
Speaking on Thursday, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara issued a stern warning to committees yet to submit their budget report to do so within 24 hours or risk zero allocation to all the MDAs they represent. Of all the 97 committees, only 15 had submitted their budget report to the Committee on Appproriation.
In a communication from the Appropriations Committee read at the opening of the Thursday plenary session, the speaker directed chairmen of all the standing Committees to submit and defend their MDAs budget within 24 hours or risk zero budget for 2016.
Considering the enormous work before the committee on appropriation, its chairman Abdulmumin Jibrin informed all the members that the last session of the budget defence for Friday, 25th February scheduled to commence at 10amnwould start by 8pm.
While giving update on the presentation of the 2016 budget so far, Abdulmumin Jibrin, chairman house committee on appropriations confirmed that the budget proposals of the MDAs being presented by all the standing Committee have been harmonised with their Senate counterparts.
“Since by tomorrow we will finish taking the reports, we have agreed that we will invite the Minister of Budge and Planning, Minister of Finance, the Accountant General of the Federation, the Director of Budget Office and Central Bank Governor and engage them extensively on the entire budget.
“We also have pending issues on the 2015 budget, so they have to come with 2015 budget performance and then we will go into special session,” Jibrin
stated.
He also directed the Clerk of the Committee to liaise with the office of the Clerk of the House to access the members’ database for easy dispatch of message to all the 360 members and various Committees on the 25th February deadline for final submission and consideration of the MDAs’ budget.
Meanwhile, the speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has assured Nigerians that the implementable 2016 budget will begin by March ending.
Dogara who gave the assurance on Thursday, February 25, when he received the Nigerian association of chambers of commerce, industry, mines and agriculture in his office in Abuja, however admitted that the budget has some imperfections.
https://www.naij.com/744160-budget-saga-reps-summon-adeosun-emefiele.html
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