{"id":70015,"date":"2019-10-22T07:26:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T06:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=70015"},"modified":"2019-10-22T07:26:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T06:26:36","slug":"senate-rejects-nddcs-2020-budget-over-abandoned-projects-in-niger-delta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/senate-rejects-nddcs-2020-budget-over-abandoned-projects-in-niger-delta\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Rejects NDDC\u2019s 2020 Budget Over Abandoned Projects In Niger Delta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m-8948595460424584435\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Senate Committee on Niger Delta, on Monday, rejected the 2020 capital budget of N23 billion for the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs due to uncompleted projects in the region.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"m_-7790268585932507130main\">\n<div id=\"m_-7790268585932507130primary\">\n<div id=\"m_-7790268585932507130content\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<article id=\"m_-7790268585932507130post-358848\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Chairman of the Committee, Peter Nwaoboshi, made this known when the Minister, Godswill Akpabio, appeared before the committee to defend the ministry\u2019s budget of N25, 910,486,285.<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ministry is to reappear before the Committee on October 28.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Nwaboshi said with the oversight function carried out in the ministry, it was realised that the bane of the ministry was abandoned projects littered all over the nine Niger Delta states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no state, I dare to say that there is no local government where there is no abandoned projects in the Niger Delta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot continue like that. With all the abandoned projects in the Niger Delta and we are talking about new projects; these new projects are designed to fail,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonourable minister, we need to look at this budget again and we expect you to do your clean-up because the document we needed were not supplied to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sandy Ojang (PDP-Cross River) said: \u201cWe just looked at the presentation and we are faced again with the vanity of having a budget and almost through the budget year, there are no capital release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt calls for concern and deep worry. A budget situation where the capital outlay is even lower than personnel and other cost is problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut to speak of a situation where nothing is released for capital is tragedy,\u201d Mr Ojang said.<\/p>\n<p>He called for a collective effort by the legislature and the executive to ensure putting in place a credible budget document.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Akpabio said in 2019, N35.2 billion and N877 million were allocated to the Ministry of Niger Delta for Capital and Overhead Expenditure.<\/p>\n<p>He said out of the capital appropriation of N35.2 billion, no fund had been received for capital projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA total budget of N25.9 billion was allocated to the ministry, personnel; N1,14 billion overhead; N877 million and capital N23.8 billion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the minister said the budget \u201cwas not rejected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe senators feel that there ought to be completion of major projects that are already in the Niger Delta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI agree with them but unfortunately, we are working under a very tight envelope.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ministry was allocated the sum of about N23 billion and 60 per cent of it will go to already existing projects in the region and so 40 per cent will go to probably new projects in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if you look at it very well, it is not possible for you to capture all projects with that amount and it is not even going to be possible to complete even 10 kilometers of road in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I think instead of saying that the budget was rejected, I think that the distinguished senators should collectively make an appeal to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning to improve upon the envelope to expand it a little.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This, the minister said, could help to capture substantially most of the yearnings and aspirations of the good people of the Niger Delta.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate Committee on Niger Delta, on Monday, rejected the 2020 capital budget of N23 billion for the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs due to uncompleted projects in the region.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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