The National Assembly had on Tuesday accused Okonjo-Iweala of deepening the row between the executive and the legislature over the 2013 budget amendment proposals.
Fielding questions from State House correspondents, Okonjo-Iweala said, "At no point in time did I say that the government is going to shut down or the country will shut down. The economy is strong, it is robust, we have our short term challenges, as you know, to dealing with reduced revenue due to the issue of oil theft which Mr. President is focusing on and is solving. There is a committee of governors that he and the vice president have set up to try and deal with this issue. We are confident that we will be dealing with it and bringing several pipelines that have shut down back into play when we work with the oil companies. What I did say is that we will not be able to pay salaries, and that is a very different situation, we are talking about. So this was a very misleading headline from a newspaper and we should not spend the time of national debate on none issues. At no time did I say the country is going to shut down, I said we will not be able to pay salaries and that remains a fact.
Can Nigeria shut down? remember Giant of Africa...hehehe
First to comment..hahahaha
ReplyDeleteOde...is that the issue
ReplyDeleteAbeg Okonjo should go and rest, I'm tayad of seeing her on d news al d time
All this people will finish stealing money and come out to start saying rubbish concerning nigeria's economy...*smh*
ReplyDeleteThe Great giant of africa experiencing poverty, how strange for a nation blesses with so much resources but few people with the intellect to manage them...yet the salaries of those in power is never an issue...
ReplyDeleteBcos she says salaries migt not be paid on time, them wan chop her...foolish hungry bastards
I second that comment...jst my mind
ReplyDeleteSharap olodo...ts bcos U̶̲̥̅̊ can't think on your own...
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