The Tragedy of Abandoned Projects By: Nasir El-Rufai
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- Published on Friday, 31 August 2012 11:53
- Written by Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
Eleven thousand, eight hundred and eighty-six (11,886) abandoned projects that will cost an estimated N7.78 trillion to complete! These alarming figures are from the report of the Presidential Projects Assessment Committee (PPAC) set up in March 2011, by President Goodluck Jonathan to look into cases of abandoned federal
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The Budget Conundrum (3) – Implementation or Utilization? by Nasir El-Rufai
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- Published on Friday, 24 August 2012 07:44
- Written by Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
El-Rufai on Friday - A couple of weeks ago, controversy sprung-up between the Executive and Legislative arms of government over the (non) implementation of the 2012 budget. The ruckus between both arms stirred up the consciousness of many people about budget implementation and the numerous jargons associated with the
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The Budget Conundrum (2) – Unravelling the Jargon - by Nasir El-Rufai
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- Published on Friday, 17 August 2012 00:38
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El-Rufai on Friday #61- Once the budget is signed into law, it is published in the NASS journal as an Act, the Federal Government Official Gazette and published online on the website of the Budget Office of the Federation. The Executive Branch is then bound to comply with the law. Legislative sanctions applicable to violation of the law
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El rufai: The Budget Conundrum (1) – Budgeting Process
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- Published on Friday, 10 August 2012 09:53
- Written by Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
The nation’s attention has once again been captured by controversy over budget implementation. Indeed, the House of Representatives has passed a motion sponsored by my brother Femi Gbajabiamila threatening the commencement of impeachment proceedings against President Jonathan unless the administration rapidly
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State Budgets: Wrong Priorities, Pathetic Outcomes (2) by Nasir El-Rufai
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- Published on Friday, 03 August 2012 00:19
- Written by Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
The paltry amounts allocated to agriculture exemplified the misplaced priorities of most of the states’ budgets. Rural Anambra budgeted less than 2% for agriculture, Bauchi with 80% of its population engaged in farming allocated only 5.5% of its budget to agriculture, Edo allocated only 1%, and Gombe with its arable land and 80%
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States’ Budgets: Wrong Priorities, Pathetic Outcomes; by Nasir el Rufai
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- Published on Thursday, 26 July 2012 23:33
- Written by Nasir Ahmad el Rufai
Our aim today is to draw some stylized conclusions from our analysis of the budgets of ten state governments. The states covered are representative of the six geo-political zones; Bauchi and Gombe in the North East, Lagos (South West), Benue and Nasarawa (North Central), Edo and Akwa-Ibom (South-South), Kaduna and Zamfara (North West)
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Civilian rule: few gains, many pains: by Nasir El- Rufai
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- Published on Thursday, 19 July 2012 23:53
- Written by Nasir Ahmad el Rufai
In the last twelve weeks, this column has focused attention away from analyzing governance of our nation at federal level to the 36 states and their budgets. We analyzed ten state budgets - statistically-significant sample from which some stylized conclusions about the quality of governance will be presented next week. Today, we
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