The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has dismissed speculations that the Federal Government has withdrawn the 2016 Appropriation Bill from the National Assembly for certain “alterations.”

There were rumours that President Muhammadu Buhari had written to the National Assembly requesting to withdraw the N6.08 trillion budget proposal he had presented in December 22, 2015.

But Mohammed while speaking with Daily Trust on Monday said the speculation was a “big lie. There is nothing like that, we don’t know where they are getting that story.”


Also speaking on the matter, the Senate Leader, Mohammed Ali Ndume who spoke with the newspaper said the budget proposal was not withdrawn.

According to Ndume, it was impossible to withdraw the budget, noting that it could only be adjusted during its defence at the National Assembly.

“It is not a document that you can just write and say you are withdrawing it. The budget proposal that has been laid at a joint session of the National Assembly cannot just be withdrawn like that. Budget proposal is not a document that is sacrosanct. You can adjust it and this is why it is before us. During the budget defence, it can be adjusted if need be,” he said.

Ndume disclosed that the budget defence would start as soon as the lawmakers resume from their Christmas and New Year break on January 12.


“It is then that they can add or do whatever they want on it, but it cannot be withdrawn like that,” Ndume said.

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Then it is confirmed that Buhari is no saint.

So that means bubu will go ahead and eat his 1.7b tiwushinkafa and brukutu?

So it means bubu will go ahead and buy caution sign of N200 for 27millilon?

I was doubting the source of the news, but with this coming from Lie Mohammned, we now know the truth!!!
They have actually withdrawn it for correction

What it means is that the scandalous N189.1m voted for tyres for various vehicles, including the bulletproof and plain Mercedes Benz cars being used in the Presidency is nothing but the truth.

In other words, the general renovation of the Guest House (N387m); complete furnishing of the Guest House (N45m); purchase of computers (N27.5m) and construction and provision of recreational facilities at N764m are all as true as Buhari being an illiterate dictator.

Wait a minute, so other insensitive expenditures on the Presidency’s vehicles that include N39.8m for the purchase of an unspecified number of 200 amps, 100 amps and 60 amps Mercedes Benz batteries for bulletproof vehicles and N30m to be expended on the purchase of tool boxes, car jacks, and diagnostic machines for bulletproof cars, the purchase of C-Caution triangles, fire-extinguishers and cables that will cost N27m are all true and there is NOTHING Nigerians can do about it.

It will be wicked and unpatriotic for any Nigerian be it ruling or the opposition to support this daylight robbery of a budget Buhari sent to the NASS.

FFK got it right really.

Validated:
I was doubting the source of the news, but with this coming from Lie Mohammned, we now know the truth!!!
They have actually withdrawn it for correction

Very funny. I admire your sarcasm.

How much did they say again bubu will use to buy monkey and rabbit?


Pls bubu should save our money cause we have surplus zombies that can do the same thing as those monkey and rabbits
here on nairaland.