JUST IN: Buhari meets Osinbajo, minister of budget over 2016 budget

– Buhari met with VP Osinbajo and minister of budget and national planning over 2016 budget

– Details of the meeting is sketchy as at press time

President  Muhammadu Buhari  today, April 19, received  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and minister of budget and national planning, Senator Udo Udo Udoma at the state house over the now controversial 2016 budget.

Details of the meeting is unknown yet but recall that the senate had removed the Calabar-Lagos Railway project from the budget transferring the funds to development projects in the Northern part of the country.

Earlier in the week, new details revealed that key developmental projects were distorted by the Senate from the budget.

Project                                            Distortion done by Senate

Lagos-Calabar Rail                           Removed

Lagos-Ibadan Exp. Rd                      Reduced by N24bn

Second Niger Bridge                        Slashed by N3.9 bn

Odukpani-Itu-I/Ekpene Rd              Reduced by N4.3bn

Benin-Sagamu Rd                             Reduced by N800m

Itakpe-Warri Signalling                    Cut by N302.9m

Calabar-Ikom-Obudu Rail                N267m expunged

Kano-Damaturu-Ngala Rail             N260m cut

While Buhari was away in China, Bukola Saraki had reportedly turn down Presidency request to manipulate the contents of the 2016 budget through the backdoor.

“You can’t strip us naked in public and then dress us in white robes behind closed doors. Sorry Mr. Vice President, we cannot help you. Let us continue to follow the law and abide with our constitutional duties in the interest of Nigeria”, Saraki reportedly told Osinbajo in refusal to manipulate the contents of the 2016 budget through the backdoor.

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