The loggerhead between the legislature and the executive will likely take a turn the worse as Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, on Wednesday insisted that it would not be possible to fund the constituency projects of National Assembly members as earmarked in the 2016 Budget because of the paucity of funds.
He said this when he appeared before the Senate Joint Committees Ethics, Appropriations, and Finance.
In the 2016 budget, a sum of N60 billion was set aside for the constituency projects in the current budget. Mr. Lawal said the estimated revenue profile of the country for this year had dropped by 50 percent.
This, according to him, would make it impossible for the government to fully implement the N6.06 trillion 2015 Budget.
“The statement is correct. That is my statement; we cannot guarantee the implementation of constituency projects in the 2016 budget,” the SGF said.
