The National Planning Commission was on Mon ordered By President Muhammadu Buhari to give a reasonable 2016 national budget that seeks reduction in expenditures while giving top priority to developmental projects.
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| President Muhammadu Buhari |
The Punch reported that Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on
Media and Publicity made this known while speaking to journalists.
According to Shehu, President Buhari gave the order after a
briefing from Dr. Bassey Akpanyung, the Executive Secretary of the commission
in Abuja.
The President made this known when he told Akpanyung and the
directors of the NPC that capital projects should top the priority list because
the country cannot achieve real development without sufficient investment in
capital and infrastructural projects.
Shehu while speaking to newsmen and making reference to what
Buhari said: “In carrying out its role in
surveillance of the economy, review and appraisal of policies, the commission
should devise a plan for a realignment of the budget so that capital projects
can be really prioritised.”
Shehu the commission would affect the process of developing a
medium term plan to cover Vision 2016 to 2019 of the present administration’s
priorities. In his words: “Of course, we
sought the President’s support for the articulation and finalisation of that
document because his pronouncement on it will assist us in rapidly doing so.
Planning, like I said, will make it effective from 2016 to 2019. So, we should
be working very seriously to pick out the elements that will form the document.
The core areas: security, the areas of diversification, the area of
restabilising the polity, the micro economic situations that are going to be
addressed. Of course, we can’t forget the issues of unemployment and agric in
the real sectors. These are the areas that will drive and ensure that the
employment situation is improved upon and that will reduce the poverty level.”
Source: The Punch
Source: The Punch
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