APC Vs PDP: Senators Clash Over 2014 Budget. “What I am saying is that the funds proposed for defence are far low compared to the amount earmarked for 30,000 militants and the Amnesty Programme in the Niger Delta. The amnesty programme and the 30,000 militants will have N52bn while defence will have just about N34bn. And what we are saying is that we have a state of emergency in the North-East and that security agents should be well funded... I believe that while fighting insurgency, we need to have a special package or special funding or some kind of Marshal Plan for the North-East. And for the proposal for N2bn, I say we reject it as North-East Development Initiative by the Federal Government compared to N163bn going to the Niger Delta. Are we serious about tackling the problems in the North-East?” MORE >>> news.naij/57877.html
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 06:47:20 +0000
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