Posted on: 01:28 Sun, 19 Jun 2016



The Federal Government has
reassured Nigerians that it will give
priority attention to infrastructure,
agriculture and power in the
implementation of the 2016 budget.

Minister of State for Budget and
National Planning, Ahmed Zainab
gave the assurance at a meeting
with members of Civil Society
Organizations in Abuja on the
implementation of the 2016 budget.

Some members of the civil society
organizations have expressed their
concerns about the implementation
of the 2016 budget, one month after
the 2016 appropriation bill was
passed by the National Assembly.

Some of them in the meeting were
especially concerned with how the
Federal Government would
implement the 30% earmarked for
capital projects.

A total of 6.06 trillion was
appropriated for the 2016 fiscal
year by the Federal Government
with over two trillion deficit to be
financed by borrowing and using
recovered loots.