No more budget extensions, says Edun

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, says determination volition beryllium nary much fund extensions successful the Nigerian fiscal abstraction going forward.

Edun said this during plenary league connected “The Reform Imperative: Building a Prosperous and Inclusive Nigeria By 2030” astatine the ongoing 31st Nigerian Economic Summit (NES #31) successful Abuja, connected Tuesday.

“No much extensions of fund into the adjacent twelvemonth which has created truthful overmuch disorder successful the system.

“We person talked to the National Assembly and we person agreed to reconstruct normalcy successful that space,” helium said.

The curate besides said that the authorities would marque a greater usage of sukuk, greenish bonds and diaspora bonds alternatively of eurobonds.

He said determination was greater transparency and that it took until Aug. 1 for the Federal Government to person visibility of its accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

He said that the Federal Government had implemented a national billing strategy that enables it to way nonstop payments for goods and services.

“We are determined to bring each Federal Government funds into visibility.

“There is simply a batch of Federal Government wealth lying extracurricular of CBN,” helium said.

Edun said that the combat against ostentation started with the fiscal authorities and that the Federal Government would prioritise its spending, focusing connected productivity-enhancing sectors.

He said that 2 reforms, overseas speech unification and substance subsidy removal, had freed 5 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) into the Federation Account organisation to the 3 tiers of government.

The curate said that the federation funds allocation to states has accrued by astir 111 per cent. (NAN)

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