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HMoT Presents N92.6bn Budget For 2023 Fiscal Year

By Anne Ejuka

 


Honourable Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has presented a budget of Ninety Two Billion, Six Hundred and Thirty Three Million, Six Hundred and Eight Thousand, Two Hundred and eighteen  (N92,633,608,218) Naira only for 2023 fiscal year on behalf of the Ministry and its agencies to the Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives on Land and Marine Transport.

The minister who made this known at the budget presentation last Thursday at the National Assembly in Abuja, also presented the 2022 Budget Performance, of the Ministry which was N147,549,080,677 out of which N52,134,727,253.22 representing
35.33% has been released and  N38,904,208,345 has been utilized as at 25th October, 2022.

Sambo informed that the Ministry, through the support of the Joint Committee is implementing the Nigeria Railway Modernization project and progressively expanding the Railway Network through yearly budgetary appropriations, following the challenges being faced in securing counterpart funding through loans, he also disclosed that the implementation of the Kaduna – Kano, Port Harcourt - Maidugiri and Kano - Maradi segments of the Railway Modernization is ongoing with the  Federal Government counterpart funding in the 2022 appropriation, while expecting the Federal Ministry of Finance to conclude negotiations of the loans with the Infrastructure Development Finance Institutions of the Chinese, Portuguese and Turkish origin to implement the projects.

While soliciting for favourable budget consideration, the Minister said: “Permit me to also to report that the Lagos – Ibadan segment of the Lagos – Kano and Itakpe to Warrii railway project are fully operational and receiving patronage from the general public. To reach practical completion on these projects, some aspects of works, including construction of  Overpass Bridges, connection to the National Grid and other ancillary provisions have to be completed; therefore, adequate funds need to be provided in the 2023 budget to facilitate the practical completion of the projects".

On the unfortunate incident on Abuja- Kaduna bound train, the Minister said:
“while recording successes achieved in the Railway Subsector, permit me to also mention the sad occurrence of the Abuja – Kaduna Rail incident. With the release of those abducted, the Ministry plans to commence operation on the line, but not without taking proper precaution by installing necessary security gadgets to monitor the line and forestall a reoccurrence. It is our hope that Distinguish Senators and Honourable Members would assist the Ministry in achieving this plan”.

The Minister used the opportunity to further emphasize that the Ministry as part of its mandate  has continued to pursue the implementation of Government policies in the Land Transport Sub- sector in the country, including issues relating to the  Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) protocols and conventions entered into in respect of the Sub- sector.

Speaking on the National Freight Offices at Iiela, Sambo said: “we have achieved significant progress in completing the ongoing National Freight Offices at Iiela Jibiya and Idiroko in addition to other Land Transport Projects and with your support, the capturing of all these projects and programs as proposed before you in the 2023 Budget proposal will assist us further towards actualizing the desired goals”.

Earlier, the Chairman, National Assembly Committee on Land and Marine, Sen. Danjuma Goje expressed dismay that the budget is not implemented within the budget year despite early approval by the National Assembly.
“You see, the National Assembly has been able to achieve approval of the budgets within the budget circle; for three years, we have been able to approve these budgets by the end of December. But surprisingly, the implementation of the budget does not Correspond with the urgency to which we attach in approving these budgets”, he said.

While giving the assurances that the Committees will support the Minister and the agencies to succeed, Goje enjoined them to see that the budget is implemented faithfully to deliver government intentions and provide democracy dividends to Nigerians.


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