Next Budget Will Give Clear Direction Of Where PMB Is Going – Fashola

Former Lagos State governor and minister-designate, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has said that Nigerians will have a clear picture of the direction the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government is heading when the next budget is presented.

Fashola made this known recently in an interview with the AllAfrica media, in which he affirmed that Nigerians are having very high expectations but would not be disappointed after the next budget.

“My sense is that people are waiting to get a clear direction. I am optimistic that the president will begin to show results. The time frame is the challenge: how much more time will Nigerians afford him? Having been a governor before, I know that the first six to nine months are defining.

“At the level of national government, which is a behemoth, it takes time to get a grip on it. The president has picked people to assist him, some of whose experience and reputations are quite inspiring. I think when the budget comes out, it will signify a clear direction about what the government will do, where it will be investing energy and resources. I think people will respond accordingly,” he said.

The former governor, who reacted to whether Nigerians are still optimistic about the new government, said Nigerians expect rapid results, adding that only results will sustain the hope of the people in the new government. He, however, averred that the 15-month period of the general election has taken its toll on the economy.

“I would think so, but human beings being what they are, people expect rapid results. The easiest way to sustain optimism is to continue to show results. It has been a very challenging one and a half years for the country.

“We spent a lot of time preparing for elections and, globally, when elections are coming, things generally slow down. Ours took 15 months. The economy has been challenged as a result of that. We need to get back to production and productivity, and people need to see their institutions at work,” he said.

Fashola who is billed to receive an international award in New York this week, explained that security and economy would form the policy thrust of the Buhari administration. He noted that dealing with the terrorists is a major challenge because the country’s security apparatuses were trained to deal with conventional opponents rather than the unconventional ones who attack soft targets.

“Security is one. The economy is the other. Within the economy, you have components such as infrastructure – transport infrastructure and energy infrastructure in particular.

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Okay Mr Fash

We love you

Pls tell them. Many people are ignorant of the fact that this regime is a complete deviation from the past. As such, cannot yet operate differently from the 2015 budget that is unproductively skewed in favour of recurrent expenditure.

Waiting for #Bugdetforcleardirection...

just don't let us die waiting..

we all know PMB has a vision and he will demonstrate competence in governance.



can he please call ambode and knock some sense into that guy? fat people don't necessarily have to be fuulish

Which next budget? 2017? Because 2016 is over without any policy input from the administration.

By the time the Ministers resume in Mid December, the National Assembly would have gone very far with 2016 budget prepared by civil servants

Bros, we know this things

"I am optimistic that the president will begin to show results. The time frame is the challenge" - Babatunde Raji Fashola Honorable Minister of Labour and Productivity.
#TEAMSTANDWITHBUHARI


After all in the word of Abraham Lincoln he says that "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years"

otil1:
Which next budget? 2017? Because 2016 is over without any policy input from the administration.

By the time the Ministers resume in Mid December, the National Assembly would have gone very far with 2016 budget prepared by civil servants

Bros, we know this things

dude. calm down and download some sense. the current budget that PMB is working with, no be Jonathan do am? you forgot? 13% capital expenditure!!!

lol

and that frog eye dey there, and she go dey call herself the finance minister

You see
A Guy was called for an interview by
Chevron based on his performance while
working for Shell.
The Interviewer kator asked; What is your
current pay at Shell and what are you
looking at with Chevron?
The Guy said; 9 Million Naira per annum
plus medical and other benefits.
Considering the position here in Chevron,
I'd be looking at 20-22 Million Naira per
annum, a status car, overseas vacation and
medicals.
Kator said; Today is your lucky day! The
position comes with 35 Million Naira per
annum salary, 2014 Range Rover Sport as
official car, Mercedes Benz S65 AMG as
status car, overseas medical treatment. A
fully furnished house in Lekki, health
insurance for your wife and children, 2
houses to be built for you in any town of
your choice and in your village, annual
overseas vacation for you and your family
fully-paid first class, 2 Million Naira
wardrobe allowance per annum, cook,
steward and 2 drivers, country club
membership, and you are entitled to keep
all that the company gives you if you put in
just 3 years of service.
The Guy in bewildered excitement
exclaimed; Haaaa! Sir, you must be joking.
Kator said; Of course I am joking. Were
you not the one that started it?

SLIDEwaxie:
dude. calm down and download some sense. the current budget that PMB is working with, no be Jonathan do am? you forgot? 13% capital expenditure!!!

lol

and that frog eye dey there, and she go dey call herself the finance minister

Harvard Trained for that matter.. Awon Werey.........

has fashola started work

We don't need his budget description to determine were the dullard is headin.
Because his appointment so far has shown to us the kind of president we have.

He is a sectionist president- el rufai.

We are waiting, and pls be reminded we are running out of patience. Thank yoi

We are waiting, and pls be reminded we are running out of patience. Thank you

Definitely, you can't operate or carry out your "Vision" with another people's "mission". The GEJ and Iweala budget is a sham that won't fit into the CHANGE vision.
But whatever is to be done should be done without wasting time. That's what we ask from this govt now.

Another criminal talking.

SLIDEwaxie:
dude. calm down and download some sense. the current budget that PMB is working with, no be Jonathan do am? you forgot? 13% capital expenditure!!!

lol

and that frog eye dey there, and she go dey call herself the finance minister

So which is the next budget? I insist that 2016 is budget is gone already without any policy input from the political leadership. What the civil servants have done now is an incremental budget on the 2015 basis.

So, if Fashola is truthful, he can only talk about 2017 budget

The purported zero budget will give no direction whatsoever. The entire four years of the PMB administration, will be exactly as the beginning: an unfocused, slow, misdirected NFA government.

Buhari's pace of governance is so slow; an outsider will actually think he was given a lifetime mandate; the troubling thing is that most Nigerians seem satisfied with this.

Waiting for Ministers..... waiting for Budget. ... wait wait goverment we dey

Budget this budget and lets move ahead.
The economy is at stand still