{"id":1965,"date":"2021-11-30T18:33:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T18:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=1965"},"modified":"2021-11-30T18:33:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T18:33:43","slug":"kogi-mdas-begin-defence-of-2022-budget-allocations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-mdas-begin-defence-of-2022-budget-allocations\/","title":{"rendered":"Kogi MDAs Begin Defence of 2022 Budget Allocations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Kogi House of Assembly has asked Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the state to ensure equity, accountability and transparency in the implementation of the 2022 budget.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Assembly said this while declaring budget defence for the MDAs open on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Mr Aderonke Aro (APC-Yagba East) who declared the defence open on Tuesday in Lokoja said the exercise was part of the constitutional mandate of the Assembly to scrutinise official spending in government institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">He urged heads of MDAs in the state to be forthcoming with useful information in the defence of their budgetary estimates to make the exercise a success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Aro expressed optimism that the exercise would enable the emergence of an implementable budget with adequate provisions for various sectors, capable of transforming and making the state a better place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">He charged MDAs to be equitable and transparent in defending their budgets to enhance the implementation and transformation of various sectors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Defending the budget of Government House Administration, Mrs Stella Ayodele, Director of Administration and Finance (DAF), said new projects were not captured in the 2022 budget as the focus was on completion of ongoing ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Ayodele, in her submission before the House standing Committee on protocol, privileges, said the Government House was not a revenue generating agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">She said the reduction in the 2022 capital estimate was basically as a result of figures picked from 2021 budget, which suffered poor releases in the outgoing year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Speaking earlier, Muktar Bajeh (APC-Okehi), Chief Whip and Chairman, House Committee on Government House Administration, called for better performance in the 2022 fiscal year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. 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