Senator Ahmed Makarfi, former governor of Kaduna State is the senator representing Kaduna North in the Senate.
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In this interview, he bares his mind on national issues ranging from budget amendment, the Nigerian Governors' Forum, NGF, crises and the opposition parties.
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The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala was reported to have said that government by September might be shutdown if the budget ammendment bill was not passed. What is your reaction?
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Well, that is what I read myself in the papers but I believe that sometimes the report might not be exactly what the person said. I do know the presidency has submitted different versions of budget amendment to the National Assembly and these different versions could have been avoided if ab-initio proper consultation had been made.
Intimidation might not be in their dictionary so we just have to be patient to see how they'll fare at the end of the day.