Senate president, Bukola Saraki, says President Buhari will sign the
2016 budget on or before next week Tuesday May 3rd. Speaking with State
House correspondents at the end of a meeting the leaders in the National
Assembly had with Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday
April 26th, Saraki said all the grey areas in the budget will be ironed
out in a matter of days and the budget will be ready for Buhari’s assent
on or before next week Tuesday.
“We just finished a meeting with the president and vice president. We
came to let them know some of the solutions that we found in moving the
budget process forward and we are happy to say that we have agreed on
the way forward and we believe that this process will be completed in
matter of days rather than weeks. So it is good to Nigerians and all of
us, we have found a way forward and in a matter of days the budget will
be ready for president’s assent. We have committees that have been set
up on our side and also on the executive side. We will engage over the
next few days, to just tidy up a few loose ends and here and there and
the outcome will be satisfactory to everybody.”
Asked if the budget will definitely be signed this week, he said:
“You heard what I have said, I said it is a matter of days and not
weeks, so you can start counting the days which means that between now
and Monday or Tuesday, I’m hopeful that the budget will be signed.”
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