Buhari returns 2016 budget, holds meeting with Saraki, Dogara
Following the dissent between the executive and the National Assembly over the 2016 Budget, President Muhammadu Buhari has returned the Appropriation Bill to NASS even as he has met with its leadership today again. The Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Abdulrazak Namdas, confirmed it and told pressmen after the House rose from its plenary on Thursday that the meeting would take place “this week.” The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, and other principal officers of the National Assembly attended the meeting at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa today. Named as said: “Recall that we in the House, mandated our speaker to meet with Mr. President on the grey areas in the budget. “The speaker reported back to us and the Presidency wrote us, identifying the grey areas to be worked on in the budget. “Following this, the leaders of both chambers also met and agreed after discussions, to meet ...
