On Wednesday, the chairmen of the Appropriations Committees of the
Senate and House of Representatives, Danjuma Goje and Abdulmumin Jibrin
respectively, submitted the budget details to the clerk of the National
Assembly for onward transmission to the president.
The document was jointly delivered to the Presidential Villa by
the Senior Special Assistants to the President on National Assembly Matters,
Ita Enang and Kawu Sumaila, at about 12:05pm on Thursday.
The document was received by the Chief of Staff to the President,
Abba Kyari, who signed on behalf of the President in his office.
The minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, was also
present to receive the document.
After signing, they proceeded to present the document to the
president and later returned it to the office of the Chief of Staff, where he
is expected to transmit it to the relevant ministries for review.
Approached by journalists after he presented the document to the
president, Mr. Enang confirmed that the document had finally been
transmitted.
“We have transmitted it to the office of the president and the
constitutional process of timing starts,” he said.
The 2016 budget, submitted by the president on December 22, 2015
before a joint session of the National Assembly, was approved on March 23.
However, only highlights were transmitted to the president after
the March 23 passage.
Mr. Buhari had also said he would not sign the budget in a hurry,
but would critically review the document before assenting to it.
“Some bureaucrats removed what we put in the proposal and replaced
it with what they wanted,” Mr. Buhari said.
“I have to look at the bill that has been passed by the National
Assembly, ministry by ministry, to be sure that what has been brought back for
me to sign is in line with our original submission.”
SOURCE: Premium Times
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