The uncharacteristic event venue and the absence of flamboyant banners and brochures at a consultative forum organised by the ministry of budget last week, were perhaps the biggest indicators that morning, that Nigeria’s revenues are overstretched and the need to cut down spending is supreme.
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LOLADE AKINMURELE
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