Breaking: Okonjo Iweala Presents 2015 Budget Before The National Assembly

Will the 2015 budget be presented this year ahead of the new year? What will be the benchmark for the 2015 budget? Will the president be presenting the budget to the National Assembly?

The above questions are no longer pertinent for the event of today at the National Assembly has put to rest all these speculation; because, on Wednesday, the 17th of December, 2014, the minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala finally presented the 2015 budget before the National Assembly.

The 2015 budget is estimated to the tune of about 4.3 Trillion naira.

Below is am excerpts of the report by Punch Newspaper:
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has just presented the 2015 budget estimates of about N4.3trillion before the National Assembly.

She laid the document in separate appearances before the Senate and the House of Representatives.

There was not a joint sitting of the two chambers as has been the tradition, as President Goodluck Jonathan already delegated Okonjo-Iweala to present the estimates on his behalf.

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