Nigeria Budget Saga: Wetin Dey Happen for 2024 and 2025?

No be small matter, my people! Nigeria budget wahala don enter our eye again as Federal Government dey jost over di re-enactment of di 2024 and 2025 Appropriation Acts. Di matter don cause gbege as accountability group, BudgIT, don yan say e no normal for two national budgets to dey run concurrently. Dem say this kain thing dey scatter transparency and proper financial management for di country.

Director-General of di Budget Office, Tanimu Yakubu, don clear di air for statement wey e drop. E deny say dem break any constitutional law or commit fiscal illegality as dem dey talk. As e dey sample di gossips, Yakubu come talk say na di National Assembly get di right to carry out repeal and re-enactment of di Appropriation Act for di interest of di public.

According to am, di process dey backed by di Constitution wey sabi how public money suppose dey spent. E draw our attention to di sections 80-84 of di Constitution wey set di ground rules, meaning say di President go bring di budget come, di National Assembly go approve am, and then dem go implement am. No be small play o!

But as e be, BudgIT no gree hear say dem dey do di right thing. Dem don shout say di overlapping budgets na fiscal anomaly wey fit cause confusion. E be like say dem dey fear say dis na just di beginning of financial wahala if dem no clear di air quick.

Yakubu don respond to di claims, yan say budget no dey get strict expiry date, and di National Assembly fit extend time if necessary. E come explain say di wahala wey BudgIT dey talk about ‘expenditure without appropriation’ no make sense because e get proper legal backing.

Now, wetin be di koko of di matter? BudgIT still dey vex say dem still no see di re-enacted budget documents. Dem say budget suppose dey open for public eye, and citizens suppose fit access dem online as per di Fiscal Responsibility Act. E no suppose be struggle for people to get di info dem need.

At di end of di gist, di konwledge wey dey flow from dis whole wahala na say proper financial governance dey important. No matter wetin, dis government need to keep it real and make sure every Nigerian fit see wetin dey happen for di budget matter. Di Budget Office don promise to dey work with people to make sure all di documents dey accessible, but we go dey watch di matter with koro-koro eye.