Tuesday, 19 November 2013

2014 BUDGET PRESENTATION POSTPONED AGAIN



Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan has written to the National Assembly saying that he will no longer present the 2014 Budget to the Joint Session of the National Assembly today as scheduled.
Dr Jonathan was initially to present the Budget to the lawmakers on November 12 but it was deferred to today, November 19.
Presenting the president’s letter at plenary, President of the Senate, David Mark quoted the president as urging the two chambers of the National Assembly to harmonise the Medium Term Expenditure Framework and the Fiscal Strategy Paper before the presentation.
Both chambers have posted different figures on the crude oil benchmark.
A new date will be communicated later for the presentation

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