2023 Budget: My Ministry Needs More Funds To Function, Says Akume
- Senator George Akume has told lawmakers that the N180 billion allocated to the ministry in the 2023 budget proposal is not enough to run his ministry
- Akume who is the minister of special duties and inter-governmental affairs says the current allocation made it difficult for the ministry to function optimally
- The minister regretted that the paucity of funds had hampered proper execution of projects under his watch
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Senator George Akume has called for more funding of the ministry to enable it function more effectively.
The minister of special duties and inter-governmental affairs Akume who lamented the current allocations and envelop system, said it has made it extremely difficult for the Ministry to perform effectively
He made the appeal when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Special Duties to defend the ministry’s budget for 2023.
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Akume insisted that the N180 billion allocated to the ministry in the 2023 budget proposal, representing 71 per cent reduction compared to the previous year’s budget, was grossly inadequate to accomplish its sweeping mandate.
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Responding to the minister’s concerns, a member of the committee, Elisha Abbo (APC Adamawa North), expressed sympathy over the financial difficulties the ministry was facing.
Other lawmakers, including its chairman, Yusuf Yusuf, backed the minister’s request for more funds in the 2023 budget proposal.
Senator Akume reveals 1 major reason why APC membership is increasing in numbers
In another report, Sen. George Akume says the membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), will continue to swell because of the developmental strides of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Mr Akume stated this on Tuesday, April 19, in Igbor, a community in Gwer Local Government Area, Benue, during the pronouncement of Amb. Yonov Agah, the director-general, Nigerian Office of Trade Negotiation Council and a hundred others, to be members of APC.
The minister said that Buhari had performed creditably and as such, people who were not interested in politics were coming out en-masse to join the party. He further said that the party was also harvesting members of other political parties who kept defecting on daily basis.
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