A presidency official details why
the meeting for the signing of the 2017 budget did not take place. The official
says ministers were clamouring for some changes in the budget - Ita Enang,
senior special assistant to the president on Senate matters, states
Earlier reported that Osinbajo, had
invited Senate president, Bukola Saraki and speaker of the House of
Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to the Aso Rock for the signing of the 2017
budget. The meeting between Osinbajo and the leadership of the National
Assembly was scheduled to take place on Thursday, June 1, by 9am according to The
Cable.
But later on Wednesday evening, May
31, the leadership of the national assembly was informed that the exercise
would no longer go on as planned.
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An official in the presidency,
detailing why the meeting for the signing of the 2017 budget did not take
place, said some of the ministers were clamouring for some changes in the
budget, Vanguard reports.
According to the official, the final
figures approved by the National Assembly were much lower than what the
president submitted. The official said there was extensive consultations
between the presidency and ministers, on one hand and National Assembly members
on the other over the budget. Speaking on the issue, Ita Enang, senior special
assistant to the president on Senate matters said that no date has been set for
the signing of the 2017 budget. “There are ongoing consultations between the
executive and the legislature over the budget. Consultations have not been
concluded,” Enang told Reuters.
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