- Urges Improvements In 2025
- Warns Against Extra-Budgetary Spending
BY ANDREW IKEHI
THE Delta State House of Assembly (DTHA) has decried the poor performance ratio of some Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the outgoing year.
Raising concerns, yesterday, at the flag-off of the 2025 Budget Defense by MDAs in the state, Majority Leader of the State Assembly, Hon. Emeka Nwaobi challenged affected MDAs to up the ante in the incoming fiscal year.
Hon. Nwaobi, alongside the Chairman, House of Assembly Committee on Special Duties, Hon. Anthony Ebitonmo Alapala, particularly expressed worry over the “poor performance” of the State Bureau for Special Duties as presented by its Commissioner, Mr. Terry Ejiro Etagherure.
Apparently not impressed with the low performance figure of the Bureau, which is pegged at nine per cent within the period under review, Hon. Nwaobi, alongside the Chairman, House Committee on Special Duties, Hon. Anthony Ebitonmo Alapala, enjoined the commissioner to ensure that he speed up action in the coming year in order to key perfectly into the MORE Agenda of the State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori.
“I must say that the House is not impressed with your performance ratio of Nine per cent in the 2024 budget. That to us, was very poor.
“In this coming year, you should up your game in order to add impetus to the fiscal consolidation vision of the State Government’s 2025 budget.
“It is not how far, but how well we are able to go. So, we encourage you to do more in the coming year so that Deltans would benefit from the MORE Agenda of His Excellency, the Governor of our dear State.
“This advice is important because, when you succeed as a Ministry, then, the State would have succeeded” Nwaobi said.
Speaking with Journalists shortly after his budget defence, the commissioner, while blaming the poor performance on poor release of funds, however, lauded the committee for the advice, just as he assured Deltans that 2025 would witness improved performance.
… Warns, Don’t Spend Outside Your Budget
BY ANDREW IKEHI
Meanwhile, the Delta State House of Assembly (DTHA) has stressed the need for various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government in the State to adhere strictly with the budgetary provisions as allocated to them in any fiscal year.
The Chairman, House of Assembly committee on Information and Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Emeka Nwaobi said this yesterday in Asaba, when the State Commissioner for Information, Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza led staff of the Ministry and parastatals under it for the defence of the Ministry’s 2025 budget proposal.
According to Nwaobi, the advice had become necessary as it would help to ensure that every penny spent by the State government was properly documented and accounted for, adding that the State government is committed to ensuring that Deltans get value for their money.
Flanked by other members of the committee, Hon. Nwaobi who represents Aniocha North state Constituency, lauded the Ministry and its Parastatals for the ongoing transformation in the information sector of the State, took time to scrutinize the 2024 budget performance of the Ministry as well as it’s projection for the 2025 fiscal year.
Speaking with journalists shortly after the Budget defence, Commissioner for information, Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza commended the house committee for their support and resilience in ensuring that the ministry of Information and it’s parastatals excel.
Dr. Osuoza expressed optimism that the Ministry and it’s parastatals would experience a robust impact especially in the Area of Information, Communication Technology.
