House of Rep reveals when President Buhari will receive 2016 budget details
– A member of the House of Representatives said the full details of the budget would be forwarded to President Buhari for assent before the end of the week
– President Buhari had refused to sign the budget owing to the failure of the National Assembly to send the full details of the budget
File Photo of President Buhari during the presentation of the 2016 budget.
Taofeek Adaranijo, a member of the House of Representatives, representing Agege Federal Constituency, Lagos state, on Tuesday, April 5, said the full details of the 2016 Appropriation Bill would be forwarded to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent before the end of the week, The Punch reports.
The president had refused to sign the budget owing to the failure of the National Assembly to send the full details of the N6.06tn harmonised budget passed by the two chambers.
Adaranijo, stated that the Senate and House of Representatives’ committees on appropriation had been working together to ensure that the president got the full details of the budget before the end of the week.
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He said: “The delay was caused by the lapses identified in the budget. As responsible parliamentarians, the lapses identified had to be sorted out first.”
Adaranijo, who is a member of the House Committee on Works, disclosed this shortly after inspecting ongoing road constructions by the Lagos state government in collaboration with the Agege local government area and the Orile-Agege local council development area.
Meanwhile, Senator Rowland Owie, the former Senate whip said that Buhari has no right to tamper with the approved budget as submitted by the National Assembly.
The president had ruled out the possibility of quickly signing the 2016 budget passed by the National Assembly adding that he will have to scrutinise it before he appends his signature. In his reaction, Owie warned that failure to assent to appropriation bill would amount to starting a new presentation.
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