Buhari reportedly writes NASS for withdrawal of 2016 budget

President Muhammadu Buhari has officially written to the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, requesting the formal withdrawal of the proposed 2016 budget for adjustment.

Buhari’s request may likely put to rest the controversy over the missing original budget document presented to the joint session of the National Assembly on December 22, 2015.

The Presidency had after presenting the 2016 budget discovered that some of the figures proposed were incredibly high, Thisday reports.

Buhari’s letter of withdrawal was addressed to Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara, the report said.

The report revealed that the old budget contained major omissions like absence of allocation for the second Niger Bridge while a large sum was allocated for line items which has now been reviewed.

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