After much controversy about its presentation, the 2014 budget proposal was presented to both houses of the National Assembly today by Nigeria's Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Econonmy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala representing President Goodluck Jonathan...
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Okonjo-Iweala Presents 2014 Budget Estimates To National Assembly
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, the
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy laid the 2014
budget estimates separately before both chambers of the National Assembly on
Thursday in an event devoid of speech making and other ceremonies associated
with similar events in the past.
The Finance Minister who was
accompanied to the National Assembly by a retinue of her colleagues in the
Federal Executive Council first laid the budget estimate at the Senate after a
motion moved by Senator Ndoma Egba, the leader of the Senate and seconded by
Senator George Akume of Benue State.
Okonjo-Iweala laid the budget before
the Senators after which her and her entourage was discharged from the National
Assembly and the Senate continued with its other businesses in a process which
lasted less than five minutes.
In the same vein, Honourable Mulikat
Akande, moved the motion to allow the Finance Minister to lay the budget before
the Representatives at the lower chamber. There was however a bit of rowdiness
as lawmakers from Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress
engaged in a shout of their party slogans.
Okonjo Iweala and her team were
therefore discharged after she had laid the budget on the table. There were no
comments from the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu
Tambuwal or the President of the Senate, David Mark about the budget who presided
over the event in both chamber.
Also, the details of the budget
estimates submitted by the Finance Minister have not been made public as at the
time of filing in this story.
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