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17 Ondo Lawmakers Shun Mimiko’s Budget Presentation by oluwashaddow(m): 12:43pm On Jan 01, 2014 |
THE NATION – It was meant to be a symbolic and colourful ceremony. But Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s budget presentation was anything but colourful. Of the 26 members of the Assembly, 17 shunned the presentation. Only nine lawmakers were present; 12 stayed around the premises of the Assembly Complex as Mimiko presented the N162 billion 2014 budget. The Assembly is made up of 25 Labour Party (LP) members and one Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member. It was gathered that the lawmakers who shunned the presentation were aggrieved over “non-consultation with the Assembly on the budget presentation and poor implementation of the 2013 budget”. The presentation was presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Dare Emiola. The Speaker, Samuel Adesina, is ill. The Majority Leader, Ifedayo Akinsoyinu, was present. Other principal officers, including the Chairman, House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Fidelis Akinwolemiwa (Ondo East); his Vice, Akindele Adeniyi (Akure South); Chairman, House Committee on Information, Oyebo Aladetan (Ilaje I) and Minority Leader Akpoebi Lubi, were absent. Though Akinsoyinu blamed the poor turnout on official assignments, those absent said they were not on any official assignment. They said they shunned the sitting because they were not properly informed of the presentation. One of them, who pleaded for anonymity, said: “We are not happy with the level of development in Ondo State. Projects have been moving at a snail’s pace and the governor has failed this year.” Speaking with The Nation over the phone, Lubi said the lawmakers were not happy with the “poor” implementation of the 2013 budget, which “recorded 30 per cent performance”. He said on December 24, the lawmakers rejected a re-ordering budget of N1.5 billion sent to the House by the governor. Describing the budget presentation as “illegal”, Lubi said the governor needs two-third majority of the House before he can present a budget. A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Ade Adetimehin, praised the lawmakers for “standing against illegality” and for being alive to their duties. Adetimehin alleged that Mimiko had been mismanaging the state’s funds and urged the lawmakers to impeach him. Former Secretary of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Mr. Adegboyega Adedipe challenged Mimiko to tell the people what he achieved with last year’s budget, adding: “We are not surprised that the implementation of the 2013 budget was scored 30 per cent by the lawmakers because we are aware that Mimiko had been mismanaging the state’s funds. “People in the riverside areas are crying because they have not enjoyed the dividends of democracy, even though President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience, are their kinsmen. It is well known that Mimiko is very close to Jonathan, so we urge the President to visit the riverside areas of Ondo State and see how the people are suffering.” In the proposed budget, tagged: “Caring Heart Phase Five”, N69.681 billion was earmarked for recurrent expenditure and N92.319 billion for capital expenditure. Mimiko said the budget would be financed with the N43 billion Statutory Allocation; N15 billion Internally- Generated Revenue (IGR); N10 billion Value Added Tax (VAT); N7 billion roll over fund; N20 billion Mineral Derivation Fund and N5 billion from the Subsidy Re-investment Programme (SURE-P), among others. |
Re: 17 Ondo Lawmakers Shun Mimiko’s Budget Presentation by Dhelake: 1:04pm On Jan 01, 2014 |
I tell you Mimiko is a sinking man... Why should they attend when the implementation of the last budget is nothing to write home about.... Been constructing one same road for like 5years... The Government has been unable to pay corpers allowance and Salaries of their workers... I weep for the people of Ondo 1 Like |
Re: 17 Ondo Lawmakers Shun Mimiko’s Budget Presentation by Nobody: 1:12pm On Jan 01, 2014 |
An advantage for APC to make in-route into that state. |
Re: 17 Ondo Lawmakers Shun Mimiko’s Budget Presentation by Femolacaster(m): 1:52pm On Jan 01, 2014 |
Yeye dey smell! |
Re: 17 Ondo Lawmakers Shun Mimiko’s Budget Presentation by seankay(m): 3:02pm On Jan 01, 2014 |
Dhelake: I tell you Mimiko is a sinking man... Why should they attend when the implementation of the last budget is nothing to write home about.... Been constructing one same road for like 5years... The Government has been unable to pay corpers allowance and Salaries of their workers... I weep for the people of OndoArakale road I guess? Lol |
Re: 17 Ondo Lawmakers Shun Mimiko’s Budget Presentation by Chaleeee: 3:03pm On Jan 01, 2014 |
The Nation and APC belongs to Tinubu. So it is not wise to believe anything The Nation says about any opposition party. |
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