The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Zainab Ahmed, says her ministry will henceforth give direction to international donours on what the country requires.
Ahmed who announced this at a maiden meeting with Directors and Heads of Units of the ministry of Budget and National Planning in Abuja, explained that she would soon convene a meeting with all foreign donors to present to them what Nigeria needed.
The Minister added that henceforth, no foreign donor should design a programme in the name of assisting the country.
Ahmed also directed her team at Budget and National Planning to begin another planning process for the country as vision 2020 programme would soon elapse.
She enjoined relevant stakeholders involved to consult widely and come up with a national planning programme that could be run between ten and fifteen years.
