By Nse Anthony-Uko,
ABUJA, (Sundiata Post) – The Federal Government has debunked claims that it plans to raise N5 trillion from assets sale in the next four years.
The Ministry of Budget and National Planning, in a statement on Tuesday by the media adviser to the minister, James Akpandem James, said: “The attention of the Ministry of Budget and National Planning has been drawn to publications in a section of the media indicating that the Federal Government is planning to raise about N5 trillion from assets sale in the next four years.
“The publications claim that the projected amount is contained in the Economy Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) being finalised by the Federal Government. It has become necessary to state that the ERGP that is being finalised and which will soon be presented to the public has no recommendation for raising that amount of revenue from sale of assets,’’ the statement said.
It however indicated that to achieve the objectives of the plan, 60 strategies have been developed for implementation with four key execution priorities: Stabilisation of the macroeconomic environment, agriculture and food security, sufficiency in energy (power and petroleum products), industrialisation and focusing on Small and Medium Scale Enterprises.