2016 budget nigeria analysis

Nigeria recorded a government budget deficit equal to 2. Highlights from the 2016 budget implementation report. A critical analysis of 2016 budget politics nigeria. Where appropriate, some cases also show changes to child benefit announced in this budget. The budget speech was also the first major economic speech of the president since nigeria went into a recession. President buhari to present 2019 budget to nass on december 19, 2018. Nigerias 2016 budget government, public sector nigeria mondaq. Budget bulletin pwc nigeria analyses of nigerias 2016 budget and medium term expenditure framework introduction on tuesday 22 december 2015, president muhammadu buhari presented the 2016 budget to the national assembly. Agricultural policy and budget analysis in nigeria. Presidency analyses 2017 budget of recovery and growth. With this kind of budget with more than 7080% recurrent expenditure across top 20 top ministries, how is any. The minister of finance, budget and national planning, zainab shamsuna ahmed, explained that the 2020 budget would consolidate on the achievements of the 2019 and 2018 budgets and advance delivery of the goals of nigerias economic recovery and growth plan. In order to fund the 2016 budget, borrowing will increase and hence debt service expenditure. Perspectives and implications for slissfan project states1 report submitted to oxfam gb nigeria april 2009 1 by dr.

The benchmark price is a result of some prudent analysis. A budget is an essential aspect of individual,organisation and government financials. The analysis follows the presentation of a budget of recovery and growth by. Analysis of the federal governments 2020 budget proposal. Nigeria s president, muhammadu buhari presented the 2020 budget on 8 october 2019, to the joint session of the national assembly. Moving into 2016, the budget analysis work continued with two regional workshops in nairobi and bangkok aimed at enhancing financial tracking capabilities which resulted in 19 additional sun countries joining the exercise for the first time in addition to 22 countries undertaking the exercise for the second time.

It brings to the fore the nagging issue of late budget submission by the executive to the national assembly and the attendant weak budget performance. With the signing of the budget, government can now begin to release funds for the execution of its projects and programmes for the development of the country. The nigerian oilpricebased fiscal rule demands that the annual fiscal expenditure is restrained through a reference oil price, referred as the budget benchmark price. Nigeria makes the country to be important in the analysis of this type of critical issue. In 2017, the health budget of the 36 states was a little above n332. Nigeria economy gdp, inflation, cpi and interest rate. Provide a forecast of revenues and expenditures enable the actual financial operation of the business to be. Following the oil price collapse in 20142016, combined with negative production shocks, the gross domestic product gdp growth rate dropped to 2. Like many nigerians, i watched president muhammadu buhari deliver his 2016 budget presentation to the nigerian national assembly on tuesday, december 22, 2016. Nigeria may be entering into a debt trap as revenue from the oil sector can not service the nigerias debt of n19tn march. The theme of the 2017 budget is budget of recovery and growth.

His excellency, muhammadu buhari president, federal republic of nigeria. An analysis of fiscal space for social protection in nigeria. President muhammadu buhari has finally signed 2016 appropriation bill into law, making it effectively an act of the national assembly. Health budget analysis statisense this study is supported by the partnership for advocacy in child. Budget office of the federation federal republic of nigeria. Highlights of 2016 budget as signed by buhari premium times. Here is the critical analysis of the 2017 nigerian budget. The paper reiterates the importance of government budgetting in setting priorities and. An address by senator udoma udo udoma, honourable minister of budget and national planning, 12th may 2016 protocols it is my pleasure to welcome you all to this presentation on the 2016 federal government budget the first full year budget of this administration which was recently signed into law by the president. Before the critical analysis of the 2017 nigerian budget, see this.

Described as the budget of change, the president first gave an overview of 2015 performance before providing the. Like i always do with many of these budget speeches every year, i printed out the full text the following day, wednesday 23 rd, so i can read and fully digest the fine details. These are the estimates provided in the march 2015 analysis of the budgetary effects of the presidents proposals, adjusted for the subsequent enactment of the medicare access and chip reauthorization act of 2015. The nigerian government has presented a breakdown of its budget proposal for the 2017 fiscal year. See congressional budget office, an analysis of the presidents 2016 budget march 2015. Early in the forecast period nigeria will be in a state of nearstagflation, with tight credit conditions, low growth, rising unemployment and high inflation mainly policy induced. An analysis of budget process, systems and trends 2014 2016 nigeria is an oil. An analysis of the federal budgeting process in nigeria. Overview and strategic implementation plan of nigeria 2016.

Breakdown of nigerias 2016 budget channels television. In 2016 during its first recession in 25 years, the economy contracted by 1. Nigeria economic growth after only gradually recovering from the 2016 recession, the economy is set to contract again this year. Nigeria official budget benchmark oil price, 20052016. With nigerias overall budget deficit proposal of n1. Pdf an analysis of federal government expenditure in the. Spending is planned to increase in 2016 compared to 2015 by about 35% to an aggregate expenditure of n6.

Nigeria economy, politics and gdp growth summary the. Buhari withholds assent to 2016 budget as nass fails to send details. Yaradua, jonathan tackled nigerian lawmakers on budget padding. Between 2000 and 2014, nigerias gross domestic product gdp grew at an average rate of 7% per year. Honourable minister of finance, budget and national planning presented the 2020 budget proposal. I report on a labour market delivering the highest. The budget was signed by the acting president, yemi osibanjo. Mr deputy speaker, today i report on an economy set to grow faster than any other major advanced economy in the world.

Nigerian 2017 budget breakdown and analysis online dailys. Severe instability, interventionism and corruption will be major obstacles to economic development over 202024. The budget office of the federation was established to provide budget function, implement budget and fiscal policies of the federal government of nigeria. Nigerias president, muhammadu buhari, on tuesday presented a 2016 budget proposal of 6.

Dom okoro socioeconomic rights initiative, seri, lagos and mr. Nigerias annual budget grew more than 20fold since the nations return to democracy in 1999, with regrettably little impact on key socioeconomic parameters. On november 7, the country recorded a fundamental achievement in nigerias economic environment with the presentation of the 2018 budget proposal by president muhammadu buhari to a joint session of the national assembly. Agricultural policy and budget analysis in nigeria 19992007. Actually if you read the graph at all you would see that only about 40% of the budget is recurrent expenditure and about 25% is capital expenditure. The economic cost of food insecurity in nigeria a tridecadal analyses covered 1989 to 2018 and the sources of the data used were the nigeria budget office, fao. Budget tracking investing in nutrition in sun countries. Process and structures for the 2016 budget page 3 d a consolidated budget approach to the public finances which integrates departmental budgets of national and provincial government with the financing of agencies, entities and other institutions that are largely funded by the fiscus. It is a longrun average price that imitates a tenyear average oil price. Analysis of the federal governments 2020 budget proposal standard by deloitte october 10, 2019 no comments on tuesday, 8 october 2019, president muhammadu buhari presented the proposed 2020 budget of the federal government of nigeria to the joint session of the national assembly nass, wherein he also itemised the policy thrust of fgn. The paper is an analysis of the federal budget process in nigeria.

Nigeria s total debt profile will become 14% of gdp. Empirical analysis of nigeria budget linkedin slideshare. Ujah african institute for applied economics, aiae, enugu. In the appropriation bill for the 20 fiscal year, nigerias federal government is proposing a n4. Critical analysis of the 2017 nigerian budget key budget. This page provides nigeria government budget actual values. A macroeconomic analysis of the presidents 2016 budget. Buhari signs nigeria delayed recordbudget to boost. The election prognosis triggered confidence deficit and flight to safety by portfolio investors and put fdi on edge. It stands to reason that a portion of the proposed budget involves the jf17s.