Minister of State for Budget and
National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed has stated that the 2018 budget will be
presented to the National Assembly in October.
Ahmed said this at the news
conference at the end of the 23rd Nigerian Economic Summit (NES#23) on Thursday
in Abuja.
But her assurance contradicts the
statement by Udo Udoma, Minister of Budget and National Planning, who had noted
that the 2018 budget proposal will be sent to the federal legislature in
January.
Udoma spoke in September in Abuja
during the public presentation and capacity building on 2017 agriculture
budget.
Represented by Mr Aso Vakporoye,
Deputy Director, Economic Growth in the ministry, the minister said that with
the effort of relevant stakeholders, the issue of late passage of budget would
be addressed.
His words: “For 2018, the Federal
Government part of it has been concluded with hope that it will be submitted to
the National Assembly in January.
However, Ahmed has insisted the
budget proposal would be presented to the in October as planned.
“That is what we said and we are
still on course and target to do that, the budget is ready.
“It will be going to the Federal
Executive Council first of all for approval before Mr President will convey it
to the National Assembly.
“We are on course to deliver the
2018 budget in October. We hope that working together with National
Assembly. it will be passed on time in December”, the minister said.
Ahmed added that the government
was working to push the implementation of Presidential Executive Orders to
boost economic growth and development.
“We have started producing a
monthly and evaluation report that is measuring the performance of ministers’’.
She, however, said that the
government would fast-track the implementation of the Economic Recovery and
Growth Plan (ERGP).
“We have just received the
recommendations and we are going to review it. “One of the recommendations says
the lab for the implementation of the ERGP must be done quickly in the next two
weeks.
“That is what we are committed to
doing, we will review the recommendations and plan the implementation with the
view of fast-tracking the growth we are aspiring”.
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