The Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has warned that she would not hesitate to deal decisively with any Secretariat, Department and Agency under her supervision that wants to sabotage the efforts of government in scaling up its Internally Revenue Generation (IGR). She gave the warning at the weekend when she spoke from the sideline of 2020 budget preparation of the FCT administration. ALSO READ: Aregbesola charges CGoC not to relent after EU merit awardAccording to her: “You can quote me anywhere, I will be the first minister to discipline any erring agency or staff who want to sabotage government’s efforts in up-scaling Internally Revenue Generation (IGR) for the administration. “It is shocking to me that despite numerous opportunities available to the administration to increase its revenue generation, some secretariats or departments are just interested in the meagre budgetary allocation from the federation account. “And let me state unequivocally that no responsible government can manage a megacity like ours by depending on budgetary allocations.

Source: Nigerian Tribune November 03, 2019 14:44 UTC