– President Buhari, vice president Yemi Osinbajo and Minister of Budget and National Planning Senator Udoma Udo Udoma scrutinize the controversial 2016 budget
– The president will only assent the 2016 Appropriation Bill after carefully studying it
Nigerians would have to wait some more for President Muhammadu Buhari to assent the 2016 budget. Report has it that Buhari may return the controversial budget to the National Assembly.
President Buhari, vice president, Yemi Osinbajo and minister of budget and national planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma are taking a critical look at the budget to come up with the way forward.
President Buhari, VP Osinbajo and minister of budget and national planning, Senator Udoma putting heads together on the way forward for the 2016 Budget
The president received the comprehensive details of 2016 national budget on April 7.
He had insisted that he will review the 2016 Appropriation Bill passed by the National Assembly before he assents it.
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L-R: Udoma, Buhari and Osinbajo
After scrutinizing the budget, it was discovered that the lawmakers removed some major projects like the Calabar-Lagos coastal rail line for which Buhari made a provision of N60 billion.
Buhari has insisted that he will critically review the 2016 Appropriation Bill before he gives assent
Buhari presented the 2016 Appropriation Bill to a a joint sitting of the National Assembly on December 22, 2015.
Not long after, it was one controversy after the other trailing the budget. First it was declared missing and it was later said to be padded and full of errors and inconsistencies.
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