Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has said it is callous for President Muhammadu Buhari to tell Nigerians to brace up for more hardship in 2016, adding that if he is no longer capable of ruling, he should resign and allow somebody more competent to run the affairs of the nation.
Fayose lashed out at the Presidency during the formal presentation of some bills passed by the Ekiti State House of Assembly to him for consent. The six bills presented to the governor by the House were Ekiti State College of Technical and Commercial Agriculture Repel Law, 2015 Revised Appropriation Bills, 2016 Appropriation Law, Kidnap and Terrorism Law, Ekiti State Office of Public Defender and Ekiti State regency Law 2015.
Condemning the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration for considering such measures as cutting jobs, devaluation of the naira and reducing minimum wages of workers among others, Fayose said: “They should address devaluation, job cuts and other issues.
“They promised to give millions of jobs every year but now they want to cut seven million jobs and they are telling Nigerians to expect hardship in 2016. If the president is not competent, he should resign and allow any other person to take over. Even if he gives it to Vice President, Osinbajo; we are not bothered, we just want somebody who could lead well.”
Fayose lashed out at the Presidency during the formal presentation of some bills passed by the Ekiti State House of Assembly to him for consent. The six bills presented to the governor by the House were Ekiti State College of Technical and Commercial Agriculture Repel Law, 2015 Revised Appropriation Bills, 2016 Appropriation Law, Kidnap and Terrorism Law, Ekiti State Office of Public Defender and Ekiti State regency Law 2015.
Condemning the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration for considering such measures as cutting jobs, devaluation of the naira and reducing minimum wages of workers among others, Fayose said: “They should address devaluation, job cuts and other issues.
“They promised to give millions of jobs every year but now they want to cut seven million jobs and they are telling Nigerians to expect hardship in 2016. If the president is not competent, he should resign and allow any other person to take over. Even if he gives it to Vice President, Osinbajo; we are not bothered, we just want somebody who could lead well.”
Aregbesola presents N150.7bn budget
From Clement Adeyi, Osogbo
Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has presented the 2016 draft budget of N150.7 billion before the House of Assembly.
The Permanent Secretary, Budget and Economic Planning, Mr. Segun Olorunsogo, presented the budget on behalf of the governor at the plenary yesterday. The proposed budget has 25.3 per cent deficit compared to that of the 2015, which stood at N201.7 billion.
The draft has the recurrent expenditure of N82,744,396,580.00, representing 54.9 percent and capital expenditure of N67,983,848,960.00, representing 45.1 percent, while it has the recurrent revenue of N113,185,677,170.00 and capital receipt of N37,542,568,370.00.
In a letter read by the Deputy Speaker, Akintunde Adegboye, who presided over the plenary, the governor said the proposed budget reflected the economic realities of the state and Nigeria in general.
Governor Aregbesola said the current economic quagmire in the country had hampered the state’s poise to ensure effective implementation of the 2015 budget, adding that the situation would compel the state to be more pragmatic in its revenue drive henceforth.
The governor, therefore, pleaded with the Assembly not to give a peculiar consideration to any ministry, department or government agencies by increasing the proposed budget figure, due to the dwindling revenue of the state, noting that the budget had already been over stretched.
Shortly after presenting the budget, Olorunsogo said it would focus on the completion of the ongoing projects embarked upon by the government.
With a view to ensuring adequate implementation and performance of the budget, he assured that the Assembly would ensure non-reliance on the revenue from the federation’s account.
Olorunsogo said the state would renew its aggression in the collection of IGR, especially the revenue from the MDAs as well as the informal sectors of the economy to boost the state’s revenue profile.
He added that government would set up an all-inclusive revenue monitoring committee towards offering a continuous direction in ensuring improvement in revenue collection and blockage of loopholes.
The Permanent Secretary, Budget and Economic Planning, Mr. Segun Olorunsogo, presented the budget on behalf of the governor at the plenary yesterday. The proposed budget has 25.3 per cent deficit compared to that of the 2015, which stood at N201.7 billion.
The draft has the recurrent expenditure of N82,744,396,580.00, representing 54.9 percent and capital expenditure of N67,983,848,960.00, representing 45.1 percent, while it has the recurrent revenue of N113,185,677,170.00 and capital receipt of N37,542,568,370.00.
In a letter read by the Deputy Speaker, Akintunde Adegboye, who presided over the plenary, the governor said the proposed budget reflected the economic realities of the state and Nigeria in general.
Governor Aregbesola said the current economic quagmire in the country had hampered the state’s poise to ensure effective implementation of the 2015 budget, adding that the situation would compel the state to be more pragmatic in its revenue drive henceforth.
The governor, therefore, pleaded with the Assembly not to give a peculiar consideration to any ministry, department or government agencies by increasing the proposed budget figure, due to the dwindling revenue of the state, noting that the budget had already been over stretched.
Shortly after presenting the budget, Olorunsogo said it would focus on the completion of the ongoing projects embarked upon by the government.
With a view to ensuring adequate implementation and performance of the budget, he assured that the Assembly would ensure non-reliance on the revenue from the federation’s account.
Olorunsogo said the state would renew its aggression in the collection of IGR, especially the revenue from the MDAs as well as the informal sectors of the economy to boost the state’s revenue profile.
He added that government would set up an all-inclusive revenue monitoring committee towards offering a continuous direction in ensuring improvement in revenue collection and blockage of loopholes.
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