{"id":9947,"date":"2018-06-22T14:49:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T20:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&p=9947"},"modified":"2018-06-22T14:49:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T20:49:54","slug":"how-nigerian-lawmakers-justify-padding-of-2018-budget","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/how-nigerian-lawmakers-justify-padding-of-2018-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"How Nigerian lawmakers justify padding of 2018 budget"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The National Assembly on Friday listed and justified 24 new project it added to the recently passed 2018 budget.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Aliyu Abdullahi, Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, and Abdulrazak Namdas, his House of Representatives counterpart, addressed a joint press briefing at the National Assembly in Abuja on Friday to give the lawmakers position on the document.<\/p>\n

They said the additions were made to the budget due to the increase in the benchmark price of oil \u201cafter full consultations, and in many cases, requests by the Executive branch through the Ministry of Budget and National Planning.\u201d<\/p>\n

The adjustments are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Augmentation to unity schools meal subsidy \u2013 N3,701,587,104.<\/p>\n

2. Outstanding liability on exchange rate differential for 2015 & 2016 Bea ongoing remittances to 12 Bea countries (scholarship) \u2013 N3,265,720,064.<\/p>\n

3. Rehabilitation of block C, D, G & H at the Headquarters and Lagos State office of Federal Ministry Of Industry, Trade & Investment \u2013 N1,207,942,115.<\/p>\n

4. Construction of Kashimbilla\/Gamovo multipurpose dam -N 2,000,000,000.<\/p>\n

5. Strengthening public health against LASSA fever\/other outbreaks: procurement and installation of incinerators, procurement of personal protective equipment, ribavirin and laboratory reagents and training of health personnel, construction of isolation ward at University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada \u2013 N2,000,000,000.<\/p>\n

6 Fast Power Programme Accelerated Gas and Solar Power Generation \u2013 N12,500,000,000.
\n7. Expansion and reinforcement of infrastructure in 11 distribution companies to reduce stranded generation capacity \u2013 N30,000,000,000.<\/p>\n

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8. Alternative energy development fund \u2013 N1,000,000,000.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

9. Completion of headquarters building Federal Ministry of Women Affairs \u2013 N500,000,000.<\/p>\n

10. Construction of 3000 capacity maximum security prison in Abuja (Phase I) \u2013 N6,031,862,972.<\/p>\n

11. Procurement of 3 x JF17 Thunder aircraft \u2013 N12,792,939,682.<\/p>\n

12. Security vote (including augmentation of shortfall in operational funds) for Nigerian Navy \u2013 N3,000,000,000.<\/p>\n

13. Department of State Security \u2013 Pensions (including arrears) \u2013 N6,318,326,710.<\/p>\n

14. Contributions to international organisations \u2013 N11,000,000,000.<\/p>\n

15. Contingency -N2,800,000,000.<\/p>\n

16. Military operation: Lafiya Dole & other operations of the armed forces \u2013 N3,000,000,000.<\/p>\n

17. Subscription to shares in international organisations \u2013 N11,000,000,000.<\/p>\n

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18. SDG special projects \u2013 N38,000,000,000.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

19. Contingency (capital) \u2013 N2,000,000,000.<\/p>\n

20. Promotion, recruitment and appointment for Police Service Commission \u2013 N5,393,947,080.<\/p>\n

21. Additional provision to some security agencies \u2013 N10,000,000,000.<\/p>\n

22. Additional provision of N82billion on critical federal roads e.g. rehabilitation of Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano N10billion, rehabilitation of Lagos-Badagry-Seme road N4billion, rehabilitation\/dualisation of Calabar-Itu-Ikot Ekpene-Aba-Owerri Road N7billion \u2013 N92,000,000,000.<\/p>\n

23. Additional funds to new federal universities \u2013 N12,000,000,000.<\/p>\n

24. National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS) \u2013 N4,000,000,000.<\/p>\n

TOTAL N245 billion (N245,512,325,726).<\/p>\n

Mr Abdullahi who read out part of the statement said the National Assembly should be commended to the degree that most of the human development projects were captured in the budget by the legislature.<\/p>\n

He also noted that due to the back and forth experienced by the legislature in the past, the improvement of the budgetary process should be a higher priority than trading blames.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis trading of blames and unnecessary scapegoating is not healthy \u2014 as it creates needless conflict between the two arms of government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He called Mr Buhari to present the borrowing plan to the National Assembly for approval in order to ensure that all capital projects in the budget receive their necessary financing.<\/p>\n

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He also urged all Executive appointees to ensure that they brief the president with the truth and facts of their engagement, to promote healthy and harmonious relationships between the Executive and the Legislature.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The National Assembly denied the accusations of insertion of strange and frivolous items into the 2018 budget proposal.<\/p>\n

It said cuts made in the budget were done in good faith to ensure adherence to the principle of federal character and that the stated figures of the reductions made were unduly exaggerated.<\/p>\n

President Muhammadu Buhari had on Wednesday, signed the budget into law.<\/p>\n

After signing the budget, Mr Buhari accused the National Assembly of distorting the spending plan and increasing their own budget.<\/p>\n

According to him, the lawmakers effected cuts amounting to N347 billion in allocations to 4,700 projects and introduced fresh 6,403 projects of their own valued at about N578 billion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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