State of the Economy: We're Still Waiting, House Cttee Tells Okonjo-Iweala Again

Ngozi Okonjo Iweala

By Muhammad Bello 

The House Committee on Finance has responded to a report that the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy (CME), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,    needed more time to answer the 50 questions handed to her by the committee   on the state of the economy.

Last week,  Dr Okonjo-Iweala likened the 50 questions on the state of the economy posed to her by the Committee as an examination.

The committee chairman, Abdul-Mumini. Jibrin (APC: Kano) who described the statement of the Minister  as a vindication of the decision it took last year when it gave her two weeks to answer the questions posed to her, noted that "the Minister appears to be taking the memories of Nigerians for granted."

"This was the Minister who walked into the meeting with the Committee and drew everyone’s sympathy the moment she feebly announced that she was not feeling well.

Isn’t it curious then that when she was not feeling well the Minister was prepared to address 50 questions in a session that was to last just about two hours, and now that she is fully fit, hale and hearty,` she is saying she  would need more time?," he asked.
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