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Friday, December 21, 2018 05.20AM / By Sen. Udo Udoma, Hon. Minister, Ministry of Budget & National Planning
Outline
1. Background & Context
2. Summary of 2018 Budget Performance
3. Global Outlook: Recent Developments & Prospects
4. Background to the 2019 Budget
5. Underlying Assumptions driving the Macroeconomic Parameters and Targets for the 2019 Budget Proposal
6. Approach to the 2019 Budget
7. Overview of the 2019 Budget Proposal
8. Selected Capital Projects in the 2019 Budget Proposal
9. Conclusion
Background & Context
The Nigerian economy emerged from recession in Q2 2017, and the macroeconomic environment has stabilized and is recovering gradually. This has renewed confidence in the country’s growth prospects.
The Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), which underpins government’s economic recovery actions, is the basis for medium term fiscal strategy to achieve sustained economic growth, diversification and social inclusion.
Some of the underlying assumptions and targets in the ERGP have been updated to reflect current realities.
Summary of 2018 Budget Performance
*Inflation rate for September, 2018; As at November 2018, inflation rate is 11.28%
** GDP growth for Q2 2018 was 1.50%.
*** Subsequently revised to 2.1%
+ Bonny Light price average as at September 2018.
Source: 2018 Appropriation Act; NBS Q-Reports; OAGF.
As
at the end of the third quarter, Federal Government’s actual aggregate revenue
was N2.84 trillion, which is 40 percent higher than 2017 revenue. This
includes:
The overall revenue performance is only 53 percent of the target in the 2018 Budget largely because some one-off items such as the N710 billion from Oil Joint Venture Asset restructuring are yet to be actualized and have been rolled over to 2019.
Of the total appropriation of N9.12 trillion, N4.59 trillion had been spent by 30th September, 2018 against the prorated expenditure target of N6.84 trillion. This represents 67% performance.
Debt
service and the implementation of non-debt recurrent expenditure, notably
payment of workers’ salaries and pensions are on track.
2018
Capital Expenditures
Capital releases only commenced after the signing of
the 2018 Budget on 20th June, 2018. As at 14th December 2018, a total of
N820.57 billion had been released for capital projects.
Spending on capital has been prioritised in favour
of critical ongoing infrastructural projects in the power, roads, rail and
agriculture sectors.
Implementation of the 2018 Capital Budget will
continue into 2019 until the 2019 Budget is passed into law.
Key
Initiatives to improve FGN Revenues
The
Federal Government has also sustained its efforts to improve public financial
management through the comprehensive implementation of:
· The Treasury Single Account (TSA),
· The Government Integrated Financial Management Information
· System (GIFMIS); and
· The Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).
President
has directed that immediate action be commenced to restructure the Joint
Venture Oil Assets so as to reduce government shareholding to 40 percent and
that this exercise must be completed within the 2019 fiscal year.
The
Department of Petroleum Resource shall, within three months, complete the
collection of past-due oil license and royalty charges.
Following Mr. President’s directive:
Finally, amongst other revenue generating
initiatives, Mr. President has directed that work should be immediately
concluded on the deployment of the National Trade Window and other technologies
to enhance Customs collections efficiency from the current 64 percent to up to
90 percent over the next few years.
Global Outlook: Recent Developments & Prospects
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