copy of the 2016 budget will be ready today for
onward transmission to the President for assent.
The Presidency, last week, said the passed budget
would not be assented to by President Muhammadu
Buhari because it did not contain the details. But
reacting, Chairman, House of Representatives
Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumuni
Jibrin, said some previous administrations
in the country, especially former President
Olusagun Obasanjo, during his time signed
the budget without the details which were
made available two weeks latter.
would not be assented to by President Muhammadu
Buhari because it did not contain the details. But
reacting, Chairman, House of Representatives
Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumuni
Jibrin, said some previous administrations
in the country, especially former President
Olusagun Obasanjo, during his time signed
the budget without the details which were
made available two weeks latter.
However, a member of the Appropriation Committee,
Joseph Edionwele, representing Esan Centra/Esan West/Igueben Federal
Constituency of Edo State,
told Vanguard that there was no cause for alarm
as the joint committee would meet today to
produce the clean copy for onward transmission
to the President. Edionwele said necessary
reconciliations had been concluded and that
the final copy with the details would be ready
at today’s meeting.
Joseph Edionwele, representing Esan Centra/Esan West/Igueben Federal
Constituency of Edo State,
told Vanguard that there was no cause for alarm
as the joint committee would meet today to
produce the clean copy for onward transmission
to the President. Edionwele said necessary
reconciliations had been concluded and that
the final copy with the details would be ready
at today’s meeting.
Also speaking to Vanguard on why the details
of the budget were not submitted to the Presidency, member representing Akoko Edo Federal Constituency of Edo State in the House of Representatives, Peter
Akpatason, said the National Assembly had to
submit the passed 2016 budget to the Presidency
without the details to satisfy the curiosity of Nigerians. Akpatason, a former National President of
Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Workers, NUPENG, said there was nothing
wrong in submitting the passed budget to the
Presidency without the details. He said:
“The ideal thing is to send in the details
when they are available, but in the circumstance
that we find ourselves, if the details are not
immediately available, I think it is proper that
the President be given the information that
he has already. I don’t think there is anything
unusual.”
of the budget were not submitted to the Presidency, member representing Akoko Edo Federal Constituency of Edo State in the House of Representatives, Peter
Akpatason, said the National Assembly had to
submit the passed 2016 budget to the Presidency
without the details to satisfy the curiosity of Nigerians. Akpatason, a former National President of
Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Workers, NUPENG, said there was nothing
wrong in submitting the passed budget to the
Presidency without the details. He said:
“The ideal thing is to send in the details
when they are available, but in the circumstance
that we find ourselves, if the details are not
immediately available, I think it is proper that
the President be given the information that
he has already. I don’t think there is anything
unusual.”
“Again, what is going on just now is also not
completely new that the highlights have been
forwarded to the President and you take your
time to cross the ‘t’s and dot the ‘i’s to make
sure that the kind of stories that happened at
the beginning will not happen in this case.
“I think that is what is going on, Nigerians are
anxious, so it is understandable why people are
getting so curious about it. The budget proposal
was not submitted early enough in the first place
and then because of the challenges that followed
at the beginning, the passage equally took much
longer time.
completely new that the highlights have been
forwarded to the President and you take your
time to cross the ‘t’s and dot the ‘i’s to make
sure that the kind of stories that happened at
the beginning will not happen in this case.
“I think that is what is going on, Nigerians are
anxious, so it is understandable why people are
getting so curious about it. The budget proposal
was not submitted early enough in the first place
and then because of the challenges that followed
at the beginning, the passage equally took much
longer time.
Why NASS sent highlights of the budget
On why the National Assembly decided to send
the highlights of the budget to the Presidency
for assent without the details, the lawmaker,
who is of the All Progressives Congress, APC,
said it was so “so that we can satisfy the curiosity of Nigerian people.” However, there was an indication, yesterday, that the Presidency and the National
Assembly might clashed again, if President Buhari
insisted that the details in the passed budget would
have allocations to various ministries, departments
and agencies, MDAs, as was proposed in the budget document.
the highlights of the budget to the Presidency
for assent without the details, the lawmaker,
who is of the All Progressives Congress, APC,
said it was so “so that we can satisfy the curiosity of Nigerian people.” However, there was an indication, yesterday, that the Presidency and the National
Assembly might clashed again, if President Buhari
insisted that the details in the passed budget would
have allocations to various ministries, departments
and agencies, MDAs, as was proposed in the budget document.
The signal to this emanates from the comments
by the House Committee Chairman on Appropriation
who had maintained that it was the duty of the
executive to propose, while the legislature
appropriates. He also said the National Assembly
would not abdicate its constitutional role to any
other arm of government, adding that globally,
there was no way the budget proposal prepared
by the executive would remain the same as when
it was sent to the parliament for appropriations.
by the House Committee Chairman on Appropriation
who had maintained that it was the duty of the
executive to propose, while the legislature
appropriates. He also said the National Assembly
would not abdicate its constitutional role to any
other arm of government, adding that globally,
there was no way the budget proposal prepared
by the executive would remain the same as when
it was sent to the parliament for appropriations.
Vanguard reportage
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