'Grassroot citizens' participation can help formulate more pro-people budget'
Saturday, 5 June 2010
RANGPUR, June 4 (BSS): Speakers at a pre-budget discussion said that enhanced participation of grassroot citizens can ensure formulation of a more pro-people and effective national budget.
To ensure balanced and uniform developments and bringing the backward areas to the mainstream national advancements, there was no alternative to involving the grassroots level people in formulating the national budgets, they added.
They said that enhanced people's participation from all walks of society including womenfolk was needed to formulate and properly implement the upcoming national budget everywhere to turn Bangladesh into a medium income nation by the year 2021.
The discussion on 'Participation of the Citizens in the National Budget Formulation' was held at Chilmari Upazila parishad premises in Kurigram Thursday evening.
The programme was organised jointly by Chilmari Distressed Development Foundation (CDDF) and DemocracyWatch (DW) with the assistances of USAID and Progoti.
The discussion was chaired by UNO Enamul Haque while president of the upazila unit Awami League (AL) and the upazila Chairman Shawkat Ali Bir Bikram attended as chief guest.
Upazila Vice-chairman Zamshidul Islam, chief advisor of CDDF Abdur Rouf Sarker, senior programme officer of DW Shameem Al Mamun and former commander of Chilmari Upazila Muktijoddha Sangshad Nazrul Islam were present at the discussion as special guests.
Executive director of CDDF Lutfar Rahman, secretary of Chilmari Press Club SM Nurul Amin Sarker, social worker Golam Haider, former union member Marjina Begum, teacher Upendra Nath Barman and common people were also present at the meeting.
The speakers demanded enhanced participation of the local people and representatives of all communities and adopt their suggestions and opinions for preparing the best ever national budget that will speak for the people, their welfare and developments.
They said that sustainable, uniform and smooth developments of all areas and regions would be hampered and welfare of every citizen be affected without knowing problems and exploring potentials and needs of every area.
To ensure balanced and uniform developments and bringing the backward areas to the mainstream national advancements, there was no alternative to involving the grassroots level people in formulating the national budgets, they added.
They said that enhanced people's participation from all walks of society including womenfolk was needed to formulate and properly implement the upcoming national budget everywhere to turn Bangladesh into a medium income nation by the year 2021.
The discussion on 'Participation of the Citizens in the National Budget Formulation' was held at Chilmari Upazila parishad premises in Kurigram Thursday evening.
The programme was organised jointly by Chilmari Distressed Development Foundation (CDDF) and DemocracyWatch (DW) with the assistances of USAID and Progoti.
The discussion was chaired by UNO Enamul Haque while president of the upazila unit Awami League (AL) and the upazila Chairman Shawkat Ali Bir Bikram attended as chief guest.
Upazila Vice-chairman Zamshidul Islam, chief advisor of CDDF Abdur Rouf Sarker, senior programme officer of DW Shameem Al Mamun and former commander of Chilmari Upazila Muktijoddha Sangshad Nazrul Islam were present at the discussion as special guests.
Executive director of CDDF Lutfar Rahman, secretary of Chilmari Press Club SM Nurul Amin Sarker, social worker Golam Haider, former union member Marjina Begum, teacher Upendra Nath Barman and common people were also present at the meeting.
The speakers demanded enhanced participation of the local people and representatives of all communities and adopt their suggestions and opinions for preparing the best ever national budget that will speak for the people, their welfare and developments.
They said that sustainable, uniform and smooth developments of all areas and regions would be hampered and welfare of every citizen be affected without knowing problems and exploring potentials and needs of every area.