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The national assembly says it has submitted details of the 2016 budget to its clerk for transmission to the presidency.
Danjuma Goje and Abdulmumin Jibrin, who respectively chair the appropriation committees of the senate and the federal house of representatives, released a joint statement to confirm the development, and to thank Nigerians for their patience and understanding.
“Being the most important economic policy tool of government, the budget provides a comprehensive statement of our priorities as a nation; and as representatives of the people, the National Assembly remains the appropriate place to ensure that the details of such a document best match our national goals and aspirations,” read the statement.
“Therefore, what we have been doing in these past few weeks is to balance the projections for revenue against the estimates for expenditure based on the reality of our situation today.
“Unfortunately, that task has been made very difficult by the sloppy manner in which the 2016 Appropriation Bill was prepared by the executive such that many of the officials who came before our various committees practically disowned the inputs from their own departments and ministries.
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