Buhari to sign budget next week

President Muhammadu Buhari accompanied by the Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo, Chief of Staff Mallam Abba Kyari, Minister of National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, SSAP (Senate) Sen Ita Enang and SSAP (House of Reps.) Suleiman Kawu meeting with the leadership of National Assembly among whom are President of the Senate Dr Bukola Saraki, Speaker Yakubu Dogara and other principal staff last night at the Presidential Villa in Abuja

The executive and the legislature have resolved that the 2016 budget be signed not later than next week.
Senate President Bukola Saraki disclosed this to State House correspondents last night shortly after a meeting President Muhammadu Buhari held with the leadership of the National Assembly.

The Senate president said the meeting agreed on the way forward to the budget impasse and that the process would be completed in few days’ time.
“We just finished a meeting with the president and the vice president. We came to let them know some of the solutions that we found in moving the budget process forward and we are happy to say that we have agreed on the way forward and we believe that this process will be completed in matter of days rather than weeks. So it is good to Nigerians and all of us, we have found a way forward; and in a meter of days, the budget will be ready for president’s assent,” he said.
On what he meant by the way forward, Saraki said: “We have committed that have been set up on our side and also on the executive side, we will engage over the next few days, to just tidy up a few loose ends here and there, and the outcome will be satisfactory to everybody.”
Budget and National Planning Minister Udoma Udo Udoma also said both arms of government had agreed to work together to resolve all issues in the next few days.

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