State House Cuts Own 2021 Budget To N10bn From N15.3bn

The State House is proposing N10billion as its budget for 2021.

The figure is N5.3bn less than the N15.3bn budgeted for it in the revised 2020 budget.

The figure has already been captured by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, according to a September 1 budget circular.

This came as all government agencies under the Presidency began holding virtual consultations on the 2021 budget.
 
“The Permanent Secretary, State House, Mr Tijjani Umar, led the 2021 budget bilateral meeting between Government Agencies under the Presidency and officials of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning.
 
“The virtual meeting took place on Saturday, September 12, 2020, at the conference room of the State House administrative block.
 
“It was attended by Chief Executives and key budget, finance and accounts staff of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)”, the Deputy Director (Information), State House, Mr Attah Esa, said on Sunday.

At the session, the State House permanent secretary had stated that “the preparation of the 2021 budget estimates takes into consideration the policies and strategies contained in the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP), which is the Federal Government pre-budget statement.”