2020 Budget Presentation: Akabueze Lauds President Buhari

– DG Budget Office, Ben Akabueze commends President Buhari for the Budget presentation,tagged” the Budget of Growth and Job Creation”
– The budget is intended to drive growth; it is intended to expand the economy’s capacity to create jobs

– The President is committed to take people out of poverty

Following the Presentation of 2020 Budget by President Muhammadu Buhari, tagged ” the Budget of Growth and Job Creation,the Director General in Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, said that the president was committed to a goal of uplifting a hundred million people out of poverty over the next 10 years.

Akabueze made this known on the sidelines of the 2020 budget estimate presentation by Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja.

“The budget presented by Mr President is titled the Budget of Growth and Job Creation; so, at least that clearly defines what the objectives are.

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“The budget is intended to drive growth; it is intended to expand the economy’s capacity to create jobs.

“The President is committed to take people out of poverty and the best way to take people out of poverty is to put them into jobs to be able to earn income.”

The DG said that creating palliatives, such as Social Investment Programmes, can only serve as an interim measure pending when people get jobs.