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    "content": "independent commissions and independent offices that we oversee. This will become clear once I am through with my presentation when time allows. I will also talk about the vexing question of absorption of budgets. Tied to this is the big issue of pending bills. These two factors have a great bearing on budget implementation. As you know, the budget of the national Government is prepared by this House. Therefore, it is of interest this House knows how that same budget is implemented by the respective Ministries, State Departments, independent commissions and independent offices. I will also talk about project implementation, that is, the projects that have been earmarked for implementation through these budgets and issues around them. I will eventually delve into the matter of revenue collection, and ultimately, revenue sharing. It is going to be important for this House to take note of the fact that, overtime, this country has had to deal with budgets which are premised on projected revenues whose targets have continually been unmet. That has brought a lot of challenges. We are also going to highlight areas of weaknesses in so far as controls are concerned within the public sector. In some cases, we shall highlight laxity or wilful negligence on the part of public officers especially accounting officers. This Committee has gone ahead to propose or derive recommendations which come as a result of observations. So, they have made specific recommendations on specific issues that concern the management of public resources."
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