SENATE REACHES AGREEMENT WITH FINANCE MINISTER ON BUDGET PERFORMAMCE.

Nigeria's Minister of Finance and Coordinator of the Nations economy Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala scored a big point in the senate by averting a face off with the lawmakers through expert analysis of the performance of the 2012 budget.
the Minister cleared the air on issues of alleged tinkering of the budget by the National Assembly and releases from her ministry so far.
Okonjo- Iweala blamed the media for the recent disagreement on the performance of the budget, emphasizing that the figure of fifty percent was deduced from official releases of the recurrent expenditure and utilization.