The Senate said it had delegated its Chairman Committee on Appropriation, Sen. Danjuma Goje to hold a media briefing to clarify concerns raised by President Muhammadu Buhari on the 2018 Budget.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Sen. Aliyu Abdullahi in reacting to concern raised by the president about some changes made to the budget by the National Assembly, said the senate was in agreement with the statement issued by the House of Representatives, in response to the issues raised by Buhari on the budget.
He said, the leadership of both chambers have directed the chairmen of our committees on appropriations to provide item by item, detailed explanations on all points raised by the President for the benefit of members of the public.
“They will therefore address a press conference on Friday, June 22nd, 2018.
“It should however be noted that the action of the National Assembly while working on the budget was informed by the provision of the Constitution on the need for inclusion, balance and the fact that the first responsibility of government is the security and welfare of all citizens,” he said.
President Buhari had in his speech said, “the logic behind the Constitutional direction that budgets should be proposed by the Executive is that, it is the Executive that knows and defines its policies and projects.
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