Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has reacted to media reports
alleging he said that the Federal
government does not know who will sign the 2017 budget. After the Federal Executive Council meeting today, some state
house correspondents asked him
questions regarding who would sign the 2017 budget.
According to Mohammed, the only
response he gave was that when the budget is passed to the Executive from the National Assembly, the issue will be
addressed. Some media houses interpreted his statement to mean the Federal government has no one to sign the budget.
Lai denied the speculation in a statement released this evening. Read the statement
below…
Our attention has been drawn to a
story in a section of the media
quoting the Honourable Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, as saying ”we don’t know who will sign the 2017 budget”. This quote is a malicious misrepresentation of what transpired at the post-Federal Executive Council
Meeting press briefing on
Wednesday, 17 May 2017. When the Minister was asked a question
relating to the signing of the 2017
Budget, his response was: ”When it is transmitted to the Presidency, the issue will be addressed.”
Anything beyond that response amounts to deliberate mischief and should be ignored.
