What does it mean to you when the government says it has record revenue?
Revenue sitting in a government account is not an achievement by itself. What matters to me is what that revenue actually buys, what debts it settles, what infrastructure it delivers, and how much better it makes your life. A revenue boom means little if liabilities remain enormous and you cannot see a real improvement in your standard of living.
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“What is the purpose of a revenue boom if liabilities remain enormous? What is the meaning of record allocations if governments continue borrowing and citizens cannot see a corresponding improvement in their standard of living? Revenue is not an achievement merely because it enters a government account. The achievement is what that revenue buys, what debts it settles, what infrastructure it delivers and how much better it makes the lives of the people.”
Atiku said the administration must also stop pretending that fiscal discipline begins only when ordinary Nigerians require relief, insisting that government expenditure, tax concessions, import waivers, revenue exemptions, duplicated projects, abandoned projects and other areas of potential waste must be subjected to the same scrutiny.