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Friday 13 April 2012

PRESIDENT JONATHAN SIGNS 2012 BUDGET; RESOLVES TO DEAl WITH HEADS OF PARASTATALS THAT LOBBIED NATIONAl ASSEMBLY

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday signed the 4 point 697 Trillion Naira 2012 budget into law threatening to deal with all Heads of Parastatals that according to security reports approached the National Assembly for increase in their budget allocations

The President who promised to ensure proper planning of subsequent budgets said he would ask all Heads of indicted parastatals to leave

Another promise of President Jonathan is to ensure that the 2013 budget proposal reaches the National Assembly by September 

To this end he says Ministries Departments and Agencies are to start defending their budget estimates before him by June 

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha commended the President's resolve to ensure the budget proposal reaches the National Assembly by September so that the appropriation bill could be passed by December

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