immortalcrown: Another joke.

Ngwakwe:

Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has been functioning as de facto Prime Minister and nothing surprising about that.

Afam4eva: Even though Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is the defacto prime minister of Nigeria .

Pukkah:



Defacto Prime Minister? So what's the title and role of Goodluck Jonathan? Ceremonial President?

Also, is a Prime Minister function in alignment with our present Constitution?

Afam4eva:
I assume you don't know what "De facto" means.

Afam4eva:
I assume you don't know what "De facto" means.

Pukkah:

Please tell me the meaning.

Apart from the meaning of the 'de facto Prime Minister', also tell me who the 'de facto Ceremonial President' is.

Pukkah:
Also, is a Prime Minister function in alignment with our present Constitution?

Afam4eva: Even though Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is the defacto prime minister of Nigeria, the President should have sent his vice, Namadi Sambo or is his vice also unavailable. Infact, i don't think this is something the president should miss except there's a cogent reason why he'll not be doing the presentation himself.

Ngwakwe: The Political Climate in Nigeria is highly polarised, moreover, economics of budgeting is not his forte as some disgruntled law makers may wish to challenge and expose his weaknesses during the presentation (by demanding facts and figures) in a bid to ridicule and render him unelected come 2015.

This is just a calculated risk which he thinks will favour him for now.

Pukkah:

also tell me who the 'de facto Ceremonial President' is.

Ngwakwe:

Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has been functioning as de facto Prime Minister and nothing surprising about that.

Afam4eva:
When you say someone is "De facto Prime minister", it's just meant to show that the role of that person is very similar to that of a real prime minister but the person is not constitutionally empowered to be a PM. It was exactly this comment of your that made me think you may not know the meaning.

Ngwakwe: The Political Climate in Nigeria is highly polarised, moreover, economics of budgeting is not his forte as some disgruntled law makers may wish to challenge and expose his weaknesses during the presentation (by demanding facts and figures) in a bid to ridicule and render him unelected come 2015.

This is just a calculated risk which he thinks will favour him for now.

Pukkah:

And what are those roles she's performing, apart from mere the title of the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, that she did not perform in her first coming as the Finance Minister?

Why is she being described as the 'de facto Prime Minister' when we have a President that's the Head of Government and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and a Vice President that acts in case the President is not available?

How did we come about this confusion?

Symphony007: Why would the president send a minister to present the national budget and address a joint session of the national assembly? Not even the vice president. That's rather insulting and unprecedented. I suggest and senate president and speaker refuse such a request. If the two topmost men in the nation are two busy to do this which is outright impossible. Then they should just send the budget with a letter. A joint session of the national assembly cannot meet to be addressed by a minister.

Politics must not be injected into everything.

Afam4eva:
Being called the coordinating minister is not just a title but a responsibility. Her responsibility far surpasses those of the other ministers as she's charged with the responsibility of overseeing other ministries in a monitoring capacity. Like i stated in my last comment, Nigerian presidents are more or less figure-heads and can be aptly described as "defact ceremonial presidents".

Pukkah:

Which ministries does she oversee and what's the reporting relationship between the Ministers of those Ministries and the President?

Afam4eva:
I'm not an insider, so i wouldn't know. The long and short of the story is that the finance minister have a bigger portfolio than other minissters.

Afam4eva:
Being called the coordinating minister is not just a title but a responsibility. Her responsibility far surpasses those of the other ministers as she's charged with the responsibility of overseeing other ministries in a monitoring capacity. Like i stated in my last comment, Nigerian presidents are more or less figure-heads and can be aptly described as "defact ceremonial presidents".