The National Assembly has stepped down the 2025 budget for the Ministry of Information and National Orientation. Chairman, Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation, Senator Kenneth Eze made this known in a viral video on X, Tuesday during the Ministry's budget defence.
The National Assembly has stepped down the 2025 budget for the Ministry of Information and National Orientation. Chairman, Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation, Senator Kenneth Eze made this known in a viral video on X, Tuesday during the Ministry's budget defence. This comes as the committee summoned the minister in charge of the ministry, Mohammed Idris , to appear before it.
'The budget is nothing to write home about. It is more like a national embarrassment to give the ministry what is being budgeted for,'he said. On her part, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan explained that the ministry's budget was stepped down because the funding as presented is inadequate. 'I second the stepping down of the 2025 budget for the Ministry of Information and National Orientation because the funding as presented is inadequate.
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