North East: Senate Turns Down Budget Proposal For Information Ministry..


ABUJA—THE Senate,  yesterday,  refused to treat the budget proposal for the Federal Ministry of Information due to lack of provision for media propaganda in the North East.

The Senate Committee on Information, which took the decision during the ministry’s budget defence, insisted that the ministry must not only rework but also re-present its budget with provisions for effective media propaganda in the North East.

The committee on information, headed by Senator Enyinaya Abaribe, PDP, Abia South, directed that the ministry should bring a budget that will cater for the needs of its media agencies. Abaribe’s directive was sequel to the observation raised by a member of the committee and senator representing Bayelsa  North, Ben Bruce, who had decried the non inclusion of budget for media operations in the North East, in the wake of the Boko Haram insurgency. Bruce, in his remark, had pointed out that during the Nigerian Civil War, the media was effectively used to propagate relevant information. He therefore appealed that the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, and Voice of Nigeria, VON, should go and add the required component.

He said: “It would have made more sense for the information budget of the Army to be given to the Ministry of Information to equip these stations to be used by the military as a source of communication.

“For instance, if there is going to be an air raid in a particular area, we can warn the citizens to stay off that particular area".

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/n-east-senate-turns-down-budget-proposal-for-information-ministry/

budget of change indeed

Mr president really need to probe anyone involved in all these budget scandal. It's getting out of hand.

Very good. Military always have their own Recce plan for propaganda and should not be mixed with the civilian media propaganda. Very good indeed. Well done NASS.

Ok

It is pity the APC presidency failed in its first ever budget, wonder how the remaining 3 years of this administration will look like.
Baba God na ur hand we dey.

Dats good... For those of you complaining about Ben Bruce's inactivity cum silence on the floor of the senate I hope u can look 4 something else to complain abt now... Ndi ara!

more avenue to milk the con3 dry

LET'S SEE HOW IT PANS OUT

Cool

Mr presido,pls probe these people

YAMS of Budget

Budget frm the Dullard to the Zombies....

hmmm!

This is getting interesting!

I totally concur with the senate committee on this, guerrila wars like this one against insurgents are fought on battle fields & also through propaganda.

The honourable Senators just displayed #Common sense

From the Budget all I see is intended YAMS eaters that needs to be dealt with seriously !!!

This budget got a k-leg, i hope it ends soon, sign of incompetent

Them just dey fall person hand

The inconsistencies in the budget is shocking! But in all truth, I think some of the mistakes were as a result of the new budgeting sistem we have adopted. It is now for the erring ministries to their their budget back and re-work it

enjoy this incompetent government while it last

That's common sense

Opportunity for Lia Mohammed to inject more money that will not be spent

WE NEVER SEE SOMTHING?

As the name implies.... Hehehe the budget is not left behind

blackpanda:
The inconsistencies in the budget is shocking! But in all truth, I think some of the mistakes were as a result of the new budgeting sistem we have adopted. It is now for the erring ministries to their their budget back and re-work it

Keep on defending the criminals.

Were are all these senators during PDP 16years of doom govt

They said Lai Mohammed was the father of propaganda and he is trying to adjust to suit them but here we go again Twitter Senator say he has to put it but tomorrow they will be the one to call them government of propaganda and the painful part is that they will still reference Lai Mohammed. Naija wetin una want sef

How a national budget has become an object of mockery and controversy is amusing.