The Presidency says the Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala will appear before the Senate on Thursday to give details about
the 2012 budget performance.
Minister of Information, Labaran Maku disclosed after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by Vice-President Namadi Sambo.
Maku said Okonjo-Iweala who doubles as the Coordinating Minister of the Economy was prepared to brief the Senate accurately on the budget performance to douse the controversy trailing it.
The minister said the Federal Government was committed to proper implementation of the 2012 budget and urged Nigerians not to generate unnecessary controversy
over it.
Source recalls that the Senate had earlier summoned Okonjo-Iweala to appear before it on Tuesday, and address a public hearing by the Joint Committee on Appropriation and
Finance on the Budget 2012
implementation.
The minister did not show-up at the public hearing because she was on official trip to London to represent President Goodluck Jonathan at an investment forum.
Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike
Ekweremadu, had frowned at the
development and said that the issue of budget performance should take
precedence over any other assignment. (NAN)
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