Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
This report was dated back at the April 13, 2012 concerning the problem of budget padding:
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday that he would sack all
Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) who lobbied the
National Assembly to distort the 2012 budget.
The President stated this in his remarks shortly after signing the
2012 appropriation bill into law at the State House in Abuja. Mr.
Jonathan said the attitude of MDAs lobbying for increase of their budget
by the National Assembly had been responsible for the difficulties in
budget implementation.
He said that he already had security information on some heads of
Parastatals and Agencies who lobbied the National Assembly to increase
the 2012 Budget and says he will make scapegoats of them.
“One of the greatest problems I have noticed from the day I
resumed office as a vice president in 2007 till date is that Federal
Government budgets have not been based on proper planning.
“In most cases, when the budget comes out from the Planning
Ministry and Finance, along the line, people distort the budget,
especially some heads of MDAs go to lobby the National Assembly to put
figures that are not based on planning.
“And that is why it has been very difficult for federal government to achieve targets.
Source: Premium Times
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