Politics and the Media today
Local News Watch Nigeria aims to make two statements about the budget released and the Presidential Media Chat that was all over twitter last night.
Firstly, the National Budget which ran on air also revealed that even in Africa, the governed can now have a say on the direction that government goes. The budget was presented to the 8th National Assembly for consideration. The focus of government expenditure would be on Health, Security and Education with education receiving the largest share of expenditure. Government funding will come from oil, internal generated revenue and from borrowed funds. The budget would represent the largest budget of Nigeria in recent history. Proponents of the budget suggest that the budget is a war-time budget therefore would carry a lot of expenses especially for military expenditure.
Secondly, For those who did not watch national television, the President of the FRN, Mohamed Buhari had an interactive session with the media and the public were allowed to throw in questions via social media. The democratization of information can be seen where citizens can now openly make statements to government on how governance is carried out and those in power may be able to reply and provide answers. Key issues discussed include the security situation and thegovernment's anti corruption crusade
Local News Watch Nigeria aims to make two statements about the budget released and the Presidential Media Chat that was all over twitter last night.
Firstly, the National Budget which ran on air also revealed that even in Africa, the governed can now have a say on the direction that government goes. The budget was presented to the 8th National Assembly for consideration. The focus of government expenditure would be on Health, Security and Education with education receiving the largest share of expenditure. Government funding will come from oil, internal generated revenue and from borrowed funds. The budget would represent the largest budget of Nigeria in recent history. Proponents of the budget suggest that the budget is a war-time budget therefore would carry a lot of expenses especially for military expenditure.
Secondly, For those who did not watch national television, the President of the FRN, Mohamed Buhari had an interactive session with the media and the public were allowed to throw in questions via social media. The democratization of information can be seen where citizens can now openly make statements to government on how governance is carried out and those in power may be able to reply and provide answers. Key issues discussed include the security situation and thegovernment's anti corruption crusade
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