BUHARI SENDS THE CORRECTED 2016 BUDGET TO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

President Muhammadu Buhari has formally sent alterations to the 2016 spending plan to the National Assembly.

A letter from the president advising administrators of the “adjustments” was perused Tuesday by the senate president, Bukola Saraki, amid senate entire.

An archive containing the redresses was appended to the letter.

The president in his letter said the “draft bill continues as before and there are no adjustments in figures”.

The letter reads: ‪“It will be recalled that on Tuesday, 22 December, 2015, I presented my 2016 budget proposals to the joint sitting of the national assembly. I submitted a draft bill accompanied by a schedule of details.

“At the time of submission, we indicated that because the details had just been produced, we would have had to check to ensure that there were no errors in the detailed breakdown contained in the schedule.

“That has since been completed and I understand that the corrections have been submitted.

“The national assembly would therefore have the details as submitted on the 22nd and a copy containing the corrections submitted last week. It appears that this has led to some confusion.

“In this regard, please find attached the corrected version. This is the version the national assembly should work with as my 2016 budget estimates. The draft billremains the same and there are no changes in any of the figures.”

Mr. Saraki asked the Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, to ensure the copies of the corrected document are circulated today, Tuesday, so that the Senate will start debate on Wednesday.

The 2016 spending plan produced debate a week ago after congresspersons said the records exhibited by the president were absent.

The senate on Thursday denounced the president’s assistant, Ita Enang, of dispersing a form of the financial backing unique in relation to what the president submitte