Reuters, 23/11 16:03 CET
By Alexis Akwagyiram and Julia Payne
ABUJA (Reuters) – Speaking from
a cramped and makeshift office, a top Nigerian civil servant says his
minister, Udoma Udo Udoma, has spent much of the fortnight since his
appointment in meetings trying to work out his team’s remit.
Udoma’s new Ministry of Budget and National Planning
reduces the power of the finance ministry – previously responsible for
allocating spending – and, the civil servant says, will “help ministries
to synergise”.
That is no small task.
Since President Muhammadu Buhari took office on May 29,
and in the months of campaigning beforehand, projects – including roads
and other infrastructure initiatives – and foreign aid have been put on
hold in the absence of a cabinet.
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Source: Euronews
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