President Muhammadu Buhari has sent amendments to the 2016 budget proposal to the National Assembly.
A letter from the President notifying lawmakers of the amendments was read by the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, during Tuesday’s plenary.
The letter was attached with a document containing the corrections
“It will be recalled that on Tuesday, 22 December, 2015, I presented my 2016 budget proposals to the joint sitting of the National Assembly. I submitted a draft bill accompanied by a schedule of details.
“At the time of submission, we indicated that because the details had just been produced, we would have had to check to ensure that there were no errors in the detailed breakdown contained in the schedule.
“That has since been completed and I understand that the corrections have been submitted.
In this regard, please find attached the corrected version. This is the version the national assembly should work with as my 2016 budget estimates. The draft bill remains the same and there are no changes in any of the figures,” the President’s letter read in part.
After reading the letter to his colleagues, Senate President asked the Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, to ensure the copies of the corrected document are immediately circulated so that the Senate will start debate on Wednesday.
The 2016 budget proposal had generated ripples last week when it was declared missing.
The Senate had also accused Presidential Adviser on Senate matters, Ita Enang of submitting a fake version to the lawmakers.
