N345m Budget: Why My Ministry Needs More Funding, Lai Mohammed Gives Strong Reason
- Alhaji Lai Mohammed is not happy with the current budget allocated to his ministry, for the 2023 fiscal year
- This is as the minister pleaded with the federal lawmakers to increase the budget while lamenting it is insufficient
- Lai Mohammed further noted that the ministry was given N1 billion to run in 2023 but was brought down to N435 million, adding it cannot fly
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The minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, November 2nd, lamented the N345 million capital expenditure allocated to his ministry for the 2023 fiscal year, describing it as grossly inadequate.
According to Daily Trust, the minister made this known when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values, on Wednesday.
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Lai Mohammed begs for increase
Lai Mohammed noted that the ministry needed adequate funds to be able to discharge its duties effectively especially as it concerns the general elections and the national population census in 2023.
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“There is no better time to have more money for the Ministry of Information than now. I don’t know what to do with it (N345m). I don’t know where to start from. We don’t know how to survive. If you expect so much from us, then, equip us with adequate funding”, he said.
Mohammed, who equally lamented that the capital allocations of most of the parastatals under his ministry were slashed, appealed to the committee to jerk up the 2023 capital budget allocation of the ministry to enable it handle the enormous tasks it needs to undertake.
Lawmakers react
Chairman of the committee, Odebunmi Olusegun, decried the low capital allocation to the ministry, adding that the Information Ministry needed to be empowered to carry out its functions effectively.
Other members of the committee in their separate remarks described the capital allocations to Information Ministry as grossly inadequate and “totally unacceptable.”
Insecurity: Nigeria is safe for investment, Lai Mohammed
In another development, Nigeria has been described as a safe environment for all forms of investment despite the growing killings, kidnappings and activities of Boko Haram terrorists.
The description of the security situation in the country was given by the minister of information, culture and tourism, Lai Mohammed.
According to Lai Mohammed, oppositions across Nigeria are only giving wrong narratives to demarket the nation.
Another Twitter ban? Lai Mohammed drops bombshell about social media
Meanwhile, the federal government has once again reiterated that the unregulated use of social media is harmful.
Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture stated this during a UNESCO program.
He said there was a need for evaluation of social media in terms of its usage and gratification.
Source: Legit.ng
