Fiscal discipline is a destination, says Finance Minister
Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, told viewers of Channels television that if Nigeria is to achieve sustainable growth, it needs a planned approach to financial discipline, targeted investment and economic diversification.
Speaking on the Sunrise programme, Adeosun said: “The government’s Economic Plan is strong on fiscal discipline, because people know we need to get our country working. And to do that we need to do three things: get the country’s spending in check with firm financial controls, raise money for targeted investment in much needed infrastructure; and see us diversify the economy from a damaging dependence on oil.”
Asked about her Ministry’s decision not to reinstate special bonus and overtime payments paid to civil servants in 2013/2014, the Minister said: “This is part of the same clear goal: ensuring fiscal discipline. We recognise the value of our staff and have made sure salaries are paid and we’ve worked hard to avoid redundancies. Although I understand the disappointment some staff may have, any special payments wouldn’t be appropriate and there simply aren’t any provisions to pay out the N 1.2bn. We need to return fiscal discipline not just to the Ministry of Finance, but to every arm of government.
“Any delayed legitimate overtime payments will be paid. The Director of Finance Administration will address these and ensure that they are paid. Staff will get what they are legally entitled to.”
She spoke further: “The task now is for management and staff of the ministry to work together to achieve the goals of the administration: real reform through financial discipline, providing targeted investment and diversifying our economy. The staff work hard and they are committed so they must be paid what they are due.”
“ Fiscal discipline is a destination; we will continue to improve discipline on an ongoing basis. Federal Government has commenced similar reforms at the federal level, with success, ghost workers which we prefer to call payroll clean-up has been very successful and the continuous audit unit at the FG level will continue to monitor and improve our efforts there. We have saved N 6.6bn on a monthly basis. This is all about good housekeeping. The Efficiency units have already had success with travel, food, sitting allowance and they will now look at adverts. We are all aware of the efforts on plugging leakages and recoveries”.
On the issue of contract between the states and FG, Adeosun told viewers that state governments had a key role in diversifying Nigeria’s economy. She said: “We see the States as strong partners in diversifying our economy away from oil and getting Nigeria working again. This is one of the key drivers behind the Administration’s Fiscal Sustainability Plan with States. It is about improving accountability and transparency, increasing public revenue, effective expenditure, improving public financial management and managing debt sustainably.
“THIS IS TRUE REFORM, it starts with discipline and ends with diversification of our economy. There are 22 action points of reform to achieve five key objects. The objectives are: to Improve Accountability & Transparency; to Increase Public Revenue; to Rationalise Public Expenditure; to Improve Public Financial Management; to sustainable Debt Management
She explained that FSP reforms will take 18 months to fully implement, but that there are key milestones within the period to measure compliance.
She said: “The objective is to ensure that States are set on a path towards fiscal sustainability with a clear link between Federal Government funding and necessary reform. Monthly disbursements to each State will be conditional on compliance with pre-agreed FSP milestones. FSP reforms will take 18 months to fully implement, but there are key milestones within the period to measure compliance.
“The States have agreed and endorsed this approach. It is also a path to supporting and increasing productivity and diversification of States economies, such as in agriculture increasing food security and opportunities for exports.” FSP is a REFORM about transparency, accountability and sustainability. State governments have agreed to these 22 points. It is their (the States) plan, after consultation and discussions between the states and the Ministry of Finance.
“Facility size is not N 90bn; rather N 50bn per month first 3 months, and N40bn per month for following 9 months. Monthly disbursements to each State will be conditional on compliance with pre-agreed FSP milestones. 35 States have applied and are in the process of submitting the required documentation which are being reviewed – There have been erroneous claims in some papers that “only seven or five states have met FG’s conditions”, this is factually wrong. FSP reforms will take 18 months to fully implement.
The Minister stressed that diversification of the economy would increase when each state starts to increase their Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) which she said will create local jobs and expand wealth within the states. “Kebbi State, for example, have taken the initiative to increase their production of Rice, they have gone as far as coining their IGR as “I Grow Rice”. Basically, Kebbi state is undertaking large scale rice growing with the aim of producing one million out of the six million tonnes of rice Nigeria consumes annually. Ultimately, when we collectively expand IGR, we generate more jobs and create more wealth. Other states have different resources that can be developed to generate IGR within the state.
“The economic blueprint is about putting in place the financial pillars to enable States to work effectively and to work effectively with the Federal Government, including as recipients of infrastructure investment. Getting this right will enable States to be critical economic drivers for prosperity and pillars of professional probity.”
The Minister said she was optimistic Nigeria was up for the challenge, and the higher revenue collection and the greater sharing of non-oil earnings shows the reforms were starting to work, explaining further that ast month’s FAAC distribution was made up largely of revenue collections and not only oil revenue. N 305.12 billion was distributed in May; though it was only N 23.62 billion higher in May than in April,”the pleasing thing is that was funded by locally generated revenue”.
On the new Foreign Exchange policy, the Minister said,“We are happy with the new FX policy, this was the missing link between monetary and fiscal policy and we are happy that is now in place. It is supply and demand driven”
On policies to support large manufacturers, the Minister said that “It is not about only one policy but a framework of policies to ensure competitiveness both for local consumption and for exports. This would include looking into tariffs, Customs, Power, etc.”
On the N350 billion disbursements planned for this quarter, The Minister said that “N109 billion out of the N350 billion has already been disbursed. “The funds are ready; however, there are procedural delays, due to the required public procurement processes. The selection process, however, allows for many new capable companies to participate in the process and getting involved in the FG projects”.
On China, the Minister said that the CBN will be best placed to provide details of what was agreed but from a technical point of view, the principle is that both Nigeria and China can directly exchange each other’s currencies without changing into US Dollars first.
On YouWIN, she said that verified winners will be paid, but we must reform YouWIN to meet Nigeria’s current conditions.
The Minister also confirmed that YouWIN disbursements have commenced but there is a serious need to reform the YouWIN program to suit Nigeria of today. Currently, FG gives winners N 10 million as a grant, that is a lot of money that will not come back to FG, so we need to make sure that these funds create sustainable enterprises that create jobs. We also need to look at whether the figure should be N 10 million to one winner or N 1 million each to 10 winners.
On the N 1.3 billionn YouWIN disbursements recently carried out, Adeosun confirmed that all FG commitments under the YouWIN programme will be fully met, but proper due diligence will be carried out on all winners, using tools like BVN, etc. prior to disbursements.
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