president Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday explained why corrections had been made to the details of the 2016 budget as presented on December 22, 2015 before the National Assembly. Buhari during his budget presentation at the National Assembly His reasons were contained in a letter to the House of Representatives as read by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara in Abuja. The President’s letter reads in part: “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 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 ...
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