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Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by Saladin25(m): 5:19pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
According to leading online publication, Premium Times, a senior member of the Buhari administration has disclosed the reason for the many shortcomings in the 2016 budget. Premium Times reported: Another top administration official on Thursday gave PREMIUM TIMES further details on how the government was responding to the embarrassing budget allocations. He pleaded anonymity, and said the government was avoiding publicly stating its position on the matter for now to avoid playing into the hands of its critics. The official said both the Finance and Budget & National Planning ministries were determined to effect the necessary corrections and turn in a clean copy of the document for approval. He blamed most of the errors in the budget on “over-ambitious civil servants” in the budget office who handled the preparation of the document prior to the appointment of ministers by Mr. Buhari. He said by the time the ministers were eventually appointed, they had no sufficient time to properly scrutinize the budget for errors, in view of the tight deadline each of the ministries got before the final presentation to the joint session of the National Assembly on December 22, 2015. Now recall, after his election, President Muhammad Buhari took several long months to appoint a cabinet. Many Nigerians criticized the delays in the appointments, however the President took 6 months to make the appointments and hand portfolios to the appointees. These delays resulted in some of the economic decline Nigeria is presently witnessing, according to analysts. Respected economic consultant, Bismarck Rewane speaking on Channels TV News earlier this week said the delay in budget passage was going to further slow economic growth as the delay in government spending would not give room for the economy to be stimulated. The Presidency in seeking to execute damage control has reportedly set up a “high powered panel” to investigate what Nigerians have dubbed ‘the budget of corruption’. Premium Times reported an anonymous source in the Presidency to have said: To enable the budget to be cleaned up of all the controversial allocations, the official said a high-powered panel had been constituted with a mandate to investigate all observations and concerns by individuals, media and agencies, particularly the National Assembly. “The presidency has ordered the immediate investigation of all the allegations and issues, particularly on padding, raised by the National Assembly on various ministries, departments and agencies of government,” he said. “The investigative panel is expected to critically look into the budget item-by- item, incident-by-incident, with particular attention to the reactions from the National Assembly, ministries, media, civil society groups or indeed anybody that raised concerns regarding the padding of the budget. “All corrections would be made to ensure that the budget was passed as soon as possible. I assure you government is working cautiously on the corrections with the intention of correcting any error or malfeasance spotted in the 2016 Appropriation Bill. If there is any error whatsoever, it is being sorted out straight away,” the official added. http://www.theheraldng.com/ministers-did-not-have-time-to-screen-budget-properly-presidency/ |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by Montaque(m): 5:22pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
We don hear |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by popesam1(m): 5:22pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
Ok. Make una bring it coming.
Liar! Liar!! Liar!!! 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by Nobody: 5:23pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
Nansence and ingredients 3 Likes |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by coolscott(m): 5:24pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
The world (and time in general) does not care how long it took our president to appoint ministers. Life and the world will still go on. As I write this, I realize that's a lesson to me too. Time will pass tottaly not considering the excuses we want to give ourselves 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by Elosky20: 5:25pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
2016 budget of yams, will go down as the biggest budget of yam in nigeria history, whether they change it or not 13 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by Saladin25(m): 5:27pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
President Buhari should talk sense to his ministers. Though, I still believe in this government. |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by GenOrumov: 5:32pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
That's what we get when Buhari refused to appoint ministers until the end of the year and truly, what can they do when they rushed to meet the deadline. Mr President and his ministers should be blamed for this rubbish budget though we should give them time to correct the sorry state of the nation Nigeria has found itself in. Nigeria will not change overnight with the level of the rot/corruption that is evident in our nation. Its good we are criticising and firing our government on all cylinders. This will make the President and his team sit up and redirect Nigeria in the right direction. I believe they will make more mistakes but at the end they will get it right. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by adjoviomole(m): 5:32pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
Derz nothing u can say dat will ever cover up dis mess........u are d true definition of clueless and ineffectual buffon. Jonathan self dey learn for wer u dey wot a joke of a party smh 2016 budget of fried yam,boiled yam,cooked yam,roasted yam,pounded yam, even akamu yam.....all join.history have been made kudos APC. 14 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by kodded(m): 5:33pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
buhari is a dulllard 13 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by Nobody: 5:35pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
Whose fault is that? Shut up, fix the budget and save us the embarassment 21 Likes 7 Shares |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by CyberWolf: 5:36pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
So since May 29th, you didn't know that you present budget thus, appoint your ministers on time? ...Anyway, great news for the zombies 7 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by hahn(m): 5:38pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
Can someone just wake me up in 2019 already? I am seriously tired of this confusion. To refer to this government as "clueless" will be insulting to GEJ. 6 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by Nobody: 5:41pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
hahn: My brother, we shouted that this government should form its cabinet ASAP but we were abused and asked to wait for PMB to bring down his saints and angels from the heavens. It took him 5 whole months to form a cabinet..and this is what we get. ...lame excuses. ...ministers denying their own budgets? We've never had it this worse. 17 Likes 7 Shares |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by Missy89(f): 5:42pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
Pathetic 4 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by funkyibodude(m): 5:42pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
Association of political CLOWNS 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by OfoIgbo: 5:43pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
It took the national assembly and citizens just a few days to start spotting the multitude of errors. A finance ministry manned by competent people should have spotted these errors in a matter of hours. Yet again Kemi Adeosun the incompetent, is displaying her stupidity. Of course the Mumu at Aso did not help matters by appointing his ministers months after his inauguration and being a dunce himself. 11 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by Aromas: 5:43pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
What sort silly excuses are they giving now, can't they admit the fact that the budget of this year is full of chronics blunders. Will these silly cabinets deliver to us the changes we clamor for 6 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by baralatie(m): 5:44pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
adjoviomole:Hahahahahabababhahahaha Hehehehehehehehebehehehe Hihihihihihihihihibibihihihihihi Hohohohohohohohohobobobob You forgot jollof ricerice 6 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by hahn(m): 5:46pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
dearpreye: I believe the name "shameless" will suffice even though it sounds very much like a compliment. Bros, abeg who we go vote for in 2019? These guys are obviously confused. How can a president who ran 4 times, a total of 12 years, lack direction to such a level? What exactly were his goals all those years? 13 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by CACAWA(m): 5:50pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
Because you rarely hold FEC meetings 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by Nobody: 5:52pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
hahn: My brother, that's the power of propaganda and repeated lies. PMB had been gunning for this job for 12 whole years....but he never was really prepared to withstand the challenges of democracy in a complex nation like ours. He thought 'his integrity' was going to fix all our problems but he was gravely wrong- integrity must combine with requisite knowledge. Between 1984 and today, PMB didn't add ONE certificate; he's still the same lousy general that scuttled a democratically elected government. The realities are in a brutal stark removal from the fantasies he fed his folks during the elections and before. The budget of yams says it all....These folks were never prepared. The nation is getting worse off. 15 Likes 7 Shares |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by TheFreeOne: 5:53pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
Blame blame irresponsible government doing the usual. 4 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by EternalTruths: 5:54pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
Big lie Buhari wanted to steal through an over bloated budget but was caught by vigilant Nigerians The eyes watching Buhari's every move are large and strategically position Buhari won't escape this time around like 1984 When he stole $2.4b at an exchange rate of 50kobo per dollar 12 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by hahn(m): 5:56pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
dearpreye: @bolded is a more of a compliment. The budget of poop sounds more reasonable. Lots of political flies are already swarming in. Nigerians will really learn NOT to vote based on emotional premises. First it was GEJ without shoes, now it is Bubu with his body 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by EternalTruths: 6:01pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
Obiagelli: Sorry madam We have banned you from crossing over to our Wailers organization that wails for a better democracy. 12 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by DMerciful(m): 6:03pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
IBB once said every military regime is a fraud! Buhari is a fraud! 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by ckmayoca: 6:03pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
Asking for more time would have been reasonable 2 Likes |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by Jesusloveyou: 6:05pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
Obiagelli:is d fault of a corrupt system 1 Like |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by Iroh88(m): 6:05pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
There's no time for the expression of remorse, the damage is already done. Baba, address the nation and withdraw that document now or watch all the hopes of getting it right in Nigeria unravel before your eyes. A stitch in time saves nine. #ActFast!! By the way, the title is very misleading. Saying "presidency" is like saying the presidency has issued a formal statement on the incident, but what is being said came from an anonymous source inside the presidency. #PoorJournalism. 1 Like |
Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by Nobody: 6:05pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
hahn: My boss, can you accept your general manager not reading the budget his various departments put together before coming to defend it in your office? I know you won't accept that as an astute entrepreneur. Governance is serious business. Back before 2012, I attacked everything called PDP. We all needed some shift from the normal but I gave up when I saw established criminals jump ships to the APC and started blaming the PDP. GEJ wasn't the best at all...but in comparison with PMB, Haba. .....As a people we are in a huge mess. PMB is already scheming for 2019..... Naira will most likely hit 500/$ before the year ends. 6 Likes 3 Shares
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Re: Ministers Did Not Have The Time To Screen Budget Properly – Presidency by suxkill: 6:06pm On Feb 13, 2016 |
Hahahaha! Lmao Tell that story to your zombies 5 Likes
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