Okonjo-Iweala To Give Breakdown Of 2014 Budget On January 22

The Nigerian Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will give a full breakdown of Nigeria’s 2014 budget next week Wednesday.

The public presentation will afford more Nigerians an opportunity to get better insight into the government’s spending plan for 2014.

Earlier, the House of Representatives had asked the Minister to answer the questions given to her by its committee on Finance on the 2014 budget.

The questions were given to her when she appeared before the House to give a report on the Nigerian economy but the House refused to let her deliver the report after she said she was ill.

Speaking at a pre-resumption press briefing, the Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Representative,  Zakari Mohammed, said that the Committee on Finance was acting under the mandate given to it by the House and as such, the Minister should answer the questions as it would aid the House in the consideration of the budget.

The House Committee on Finance had given the Finance Minister two weeks to submit a written response to the questions which center on the economy but the Minister is yet to respond to the questions.