Breaking News: President Buhari Receives Details of 2016 Budget from National Assembly (Photos)

Unbehalf of President Buhari, his Chief of Staff has received the 2016 National budget from the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly matters at the Statehouse today.

 

The details of the 2016 Appropriation Bill (National Budget) has finally been received by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday from officials of the National Assembly, Abuja.

 

The chairmen of the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, Danjuma Goje and Abdulmumin Jibrin respectively, on Wednesday, submitted the budget details to the clerk of the National Assembly for onward transmission to the president.

 

 

The document which was received by the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, and signed on behalf of the President in his office, was jointly delivered to the Presidential Villa by the Senior Special Assistants to the President on National Assembly Matters, Ita Enang and Kawu Sumaila, at about 12:05pm on Thursday.

 

The minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, was also present to receive the document, and after signing, they proceeded to present the document to the president and later returned it to the office of the Chief of Staff, where he is expected to transmit it to the relevant ministries for review.

 

When approached by journalists after he presented the document to the president, Enang confirmed that the document had finally been transmitted.  "We have transmitted it to the office of the president and the constitutional process of timing starts," he said.