The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja approved
a monitoring and evaluation mechanism for the successful
implementation of the 2016 budget when finally signed into law.
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma
stated this when he briefed State House correspondents on the
outcome of the FEC meeting which was presided over by President
Muhammadu Buhari.
According to the Minister, a table time has been approved by the
council to ensure that 2017 budget is done on time.
“In the expectation that we will soon have a budget, monitoring and
evaluation mechanism to make sure that the budget delivers what it
promises, that mechanism was looked at by the Federal Executive
Council and approved.’’
The Minister stated that the Council also approved the National Policy
on Food and Nutrition to address the problem of malnutrition in the
country.
“At the Council meeting today, there were three or four memos from
the Ministry of Budget and National Planning. The most important one
was the National Policy on Food and Nutrition.
“As you may know in Nigeria, the situation on malnutrition is a serious
problem and the Ministry of Budget and National Planning is coordinating the
policy to ensure that we reduce the incident of malnutrition in Nigeria,
that will require the various ministries working together, liaising with
the state governments, with local governments and the private sector.
“As you know one of the measures the Federal Government is taking is
the school feeding programme which we intend to implement this year
“So, the National Policy on Food and Nutrition was presented and
accepted by the council.’’
Udoma also revealed that the recommendations of the 2015 Nigeria
Economic Summit Group were presented and approved by the Federal
Executive Council.
The Minister of Communication Technology, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu,
disclosed that in the 150 years history of the World Radio
Communication and International Telecommunication Union, a
Nigerian, Eng. Festus Daudu, emerged as the chairman of the union
from Africa.
In his contributions, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr
Babatunde Fashola, said Federal Government was determined to
overcome the current epileptic power supply in the country.
He, therefore, expressed optimism that the government would achieve
its 10,000 mega watts of electricity supply by 2019 in spite the
reported vandalism of gas pipelines in some parts of the country.

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