National Assembly, FG finally find solution to ‘padded’ budget
In reaction to the controversy surrounding the proposed 2016 budget, the Federal Government has set up a special committee that that would ensure that the budget implementation runs smooth and Nigerians get real value of governance.
According to Udoma Udo Udoma, the minister of Budget and National Planning, the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo is the head of the special committee.
The Vice President is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the budget and reporting progress back to the president.
The Federal Government and the National Assembly had met on Tuesday, February 23 to discuss the said budget and resolved the ‘padded’ areas.
A source told Vanguard Newspapers that even though the Tuesday meeting was the third time the two parties would meet to deliberate on the budget in one month, it would appear that a resolution was reached.
“We are confident that a solution had been found to the controversial issues in the budget document before the NASS. The truth of the matter is that the controversy arose because some people did not want to go with President Buhari’s Zero-budget having been used to the ‘envelop system”.
“Despite all the furore over the budget, the truth remains that there is nothing wrong with it; the final figure is not affected despite what some persons tried to add to it.
“Hopefully, a common ground has now been found that would pave the way for the passage of the budget within the next two weeks so as to move the country forward,” the source was quoted to have said.
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