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2016 Budget: FG Will Focus On 34 Priority Projects

Chris Pemu by Chris Pemu
May 5, 2016
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2016 Budget: FG Will Focus On 34 Priority Projects
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The Federal Government will focus its priority on 34 critical projects in the 2016 budget.

Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed briefed State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held in Abuja.

Ahmed explained that the 34 projects were arrived at with clear deliverable targets and were grouped into four broad objectives, including security/policy governance, diversification of economy, succour for vulnerable Nigerians and relating the economy through investments.

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The minister said the 34 priority projects had been approved for implementation by FEC, while the Ministry of Budget and National Planning had been given the responsibility to track and report to the council on the performance of the key prority areas on quarterly basis.

Noting that the projects were categorised into six thematic areas,

Speaking on the budget, the minister is hopeful that the National Assembly might begin the process of transmitting the clean copy to the president since they have ironed out that gray areas.

According to Ahmed: “Our ministry’s presentation was introducing to council for discussion priority economic activities that we need to undertake to ensure that the purpose for which the 2016 budget was made which is to stimulate the economy, to create jobs for our teeming youths and to extend support to the poor and very vulnerable is realised.

“We presented 34 strategic priority programmes that need to be realised within 2016. Each of these projects have very clear deliverables and targets and indicators which will be measured to ensure that the respective Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) deliver on what we committed to implement.

“These 34 specific areas are grouped into four major objectives. The first is policy, governance and security, second, diversification of the economy. The third is creating support for the poor and the vulnerable and the fourth is reflecting our economy through investment.”

She added: “There is policy, governance and security and one item from that is to achieve and maintain a capital spend minimum of 30 per cent in an annual basis starting from 2016. The objective of doing that is to reflect the economy and enhance employment generation capacity for the productive sector.

“Another area is to achieve an appropriate exchange regime, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is leading this particular action. The objective is to achieve a predictable exchange rate by the end of 2016.

“There is also a target for us to increase low interest lending to the real sector. The focus is to achieve an interest rate that is single digit, maybe nine percent and the purpose is to increase output and growth. Again the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment along with CBN are taking action on this.

“We also have a target to maintain a stable debt management strategy so that we can optimize the local and foreign debts that we have and the Ministry of Finance and the Debt Management Office will be taking action on this.

“On the thematic area of diversifying the economy, we plan to implement measures to achieve self sufficiency and become a net export of certain number of agricultural produce the first one being rice.

“We plan to attain self sufficiency in rice production by 2018, in tomato paste 2016 and also increase local production of maize, soya beans, poultry and livestock. The deadline for these will be announced later in the year.”

Ahmed added: “On the 2016 budget, I must say the executive and legislature have worked very hard putting things together, reviewing the details of the budget and it is at its final stage.

“So may be between today and tomorrow, the National Assembly will start the process of transmitting the details to the president.”

Chris Pemu

Chris Pemu

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