The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, Wednesday attributed the delay in sending supplementary budget to the National Assembly for the purchase of military hardwares to the delay by the Military to submit the aggregate amount required for the purchase of the needed equipment.
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the National Assembly led by the Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila met at the State House to agree on raising supplementary budget for the military to execute the fight against banditry and insurgency.
She said, “For the military hardware, we have met with the Service Chiefs and the Chief of Defence Staff. They are supposed to aggregate their request for review amongst themselves and then pass it to Mr. President, then it will be sent to us. “There has been some delays because we expected the ministry to confirm the vaccines donation that Nigeria is expecting. We are expecting a total of not less than 43 million doses of vaccines.