Vox Pop • Created May 12, 2018 02:00

Budget: What Nigerians think of 6-month delay

Dr Quintessence Kenny, 43, CEO, Bliss Foundation, Kogi State The National Assembly is playing politics and the Presidency knows exactly what to do. Remember, last year, the budget was said to be missing, then came the issue of doctoring of some items. There’s synergy between infrastructural development and early passage of budget. Ameen Queen Khadija, […]

Budget: What Nigerians think of 6-month delay

Dr Quintessence Kenny, 43, CEO, Bliss Foundation, Kogi State

The National Assembly is playing politics and the Presidency knows exactly what to do. Remember, last year, the budget was said to be missing, then came the issue of doctoring of some items. There’s synergy between infrastructural development and early passage of budget.

Ameen Queen Khadija, 20, Student, Lokoja

The primary aim of passing a yearly budget is to plan the economy of a nation. As such, when passed, it ensures implementation. The delay in the passage of the budget six months after can be described as a legislative attack aimed at sabotaging the Nigerian economy.

Alison Ibraheem, 32, Writer, Abuja

Delaying a budget for that long can never be a good thing for our economy. We are in the middle of 2018 and budget for same year has not been passed. It is detrimental to the economy, especially in a period when we are still recovering from the last recession.

Attah Mary Ajih, 24, Job-seeker, Lagos

I see the National Assembly as weak and not doing what they were elected to do. But for the government, I have always expected to see the worse from this administration because nothing surprises me anymore.

Egwili Orowo, 25, Best Cooperative Society, Abuja

With the delay in passage of the budget, it means many areas of the economy will be on standstill, because we need the budget to plan the economy. The legislative arm of government should do something fast about passing it into law in order to put the development of the country on track.

Mrs Comfort Com, 27, Business Woman, Abuja

The issue is bad, and is affecting the economy. There is less money in circulation which has caused stagnation in development. The national Assembly should do the needful.

Abdullahi Mayaki, 26, Policy & Program Adviser, Abuja

The non-passage of the budget six months after should be the least of our problems. But we are in a country where rule of law is not respected and what might benefit the ordinary man is being left on the floor of the House in a shameful display of supremacy between the legislative and executive arm of government.

Oyepitan Eyitayo, 25, Student, Minna

If you follow political activities since we returned to democracy in 1999, this year’s budget is the most delayed. In the years of the Peoples Democratic Party, there was harmonization. Things went well. The present administration lacks political structure and internal democracy.
In short, lack of internal political coherence in the All Progressives Congress is the major hindrance for the budget delay.

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