{"id":13179,"date":"2017-01-30T18:52:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T18:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=13179"},"modified":"2017-01-30T18:52:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T18:52:11","slug":"posterity-will-judge-me-and-my-committee-if-the-budget-fails-cross-river-house-budget-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=13179","title":{"rendered":"Posterity will judge me and my committee if the budget fails &#8211; Cross River House Budget Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>BY: VITALIS UGOH, CALABAR<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman, Budget and Appropriation Committee of the Cross River State House of Assembly says posterity will judge him and members of his committee if the\u00a0 N707 billion budget estimate is not implemented .<\/p>\n<p>It would be recalled that the state governor Senator Ben Ayade has assented to the budget shortly after the House of Assembly passed the appropriation bill into law.<\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=12219&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, Cross Riverians, his said, should as a matter of priority rally around the government so that it can achieve its set targets within the three year period of projection.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman, House Committee on Budget and Appropriation, Hon. Eteng Jonah Williams, representing Yakurr 11 State Constituency said in an exclusive interview with Delta News Correspondent that his committee took pain-taking decisions to\u00a0 arrive at the figure having considered all the available variables that would make the budget succeed.<\/p>\n<p>According to him &#8220;Cross Riverians should hold me and members of my committee responsible if the budget implementation fails&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Hon. Williams said &#8220;I am very confident that with the cordial working relationship existing between the Executive and the Legislature, the budget will launch the state into the comity of developing states&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He therefore appealed to pessimists to have faith with the governor Ben Ayade&#8217;s led administration as 2017 is a year of infinite transformation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We took time to listen to all th MDAs before considering the budget. Posterity will judge me and members of my committee if the budget is not implemented as it were, he said&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the budget of N707 billion was based Donna three year work plan. Most of the projects may not be completed this year.<\/p>\n<p>Williams further said\u00a0 &#8220;82 per cent of the budget is for capital expenditure, adding that the committee reviewed the 2016 budget. There were a lot of challenges. Our projections were wrong hence the poor performance of the budget&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He assured Cross Riverians as well as the business community that the budget will soon be published in the Cross River state government website for future references.<\/p>\n<p>The Legislator however agreed that the process of preparing an enduring and acceptable budget takes a long time and sued for understanding .<\/p>\n<p>The House, he said shall soon commence its oversight functions to assist government to generate enough revenue to drive the budget.<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Cross-Rivers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13180\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Cross-Rivers-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cross Rivers\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Cross-Rivers-232x300.jpg 232w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Cross-Rivers.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/market.jumia.com.ng\/men-shoes\/?utm_source=pap&amp;utm_medium=aff&amp;utm_campaign=0bed9dec&amp;a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=0bed9dec\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"\" src=\"\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/accounts\/default1\/a72f75b38\/0bed9dec.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/scripts\/a72f75i38?a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=0bed9dec\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY: VITALIS UGOH, CALABAR The Chairman, Budget and Appropriation Committee of the Cross River State House of Assembly says posterity will judge him and members of his committee if the\u00a0 N707 billion budget estimate is not implemented . 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