Industrialists decry budget hitches, seek role in execution – The Guardian
November 20, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi
Members of the Organised Private Sector (OPS), under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), have called for an overhaul in the preparation and implementation of the federal budget.
The industrialists, who reviewed the report of the Minister of Finance, Mansur Muhtar, on the implementation of the 2009 budget, said the government performed in its execution of the national economic blueprint.
Also, as the International Chamber of Commerce – Nigeria (ICCN) marks its 10th year anniversary, the body expressed concerns on Nigeria’s readiness to tackle the global financial crisis, lack of good infrastructure, disenabling business environment and falling value of the naira which has negatively affected the nation’s income and investment value on the Nigerian Stock Market.
