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Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has dismissed media reports claiming that he said the federal government doesn’t know who will be saddled with the responsibility to sign the 2017 budget.
Reacting to the report which was published by some media organisations [Not TheNewsGuru], on Wednesday, the minister described the action as a a malicious misrepresentation of what transpired at the post-Federal Executive Council Meeting press briefing today.
His words in full, “Our attention has been drawn to a story in a section of the media
quoting the Honourable Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, as saying ”we don’t know who will sign the 2017 budget”.
“This quote is a malicious misrepresentation of what transpired at the post-Federal Executive Council Meeting press briefing on Wednesday, 17
May 2017.
“When the Minister was asked a question relating to the signing of the 2017 Budget, his response was: ”When it is transmitted to the Presidency, the issue will be addressed.”
“Anything beyond that response amounts to deliberate mischief and should be ignored.”
Segun Adeyemi
SA To Hon Minister of Information and Culture