The National Assembly recently criticised the MDAs for delaying the passage of the budget due to their ill-preparedness to attend scheduled meetings and provide relevant information needed by the lawmakers to carry out their job of scrutinising the proposals.
Akabueze explained that when an agreement had been reached on the new minimum wage, the financial implications would be worked out and a supplementary budget would be prepared for its implementation.
Akabueze insisted that the N4.8 billion budget for annual maintenance of mechanical/electronic equipment for Aso Villa and the N338 million for procurement of computers and software for the federal ministry of finance, are all appropriate.
He said budget padding, or insertion of unauthorised items in the 2018 budget, could not arise because MDA’s directly uploaded their budgets on the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS).
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