THE Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang, on Tuesday, affirmed to newsmen that the 2016 budget document was still with the lawmakers.

“To my knowledge, the budget, as laid by Mr President on December 22, 2015, is still with the National Assembly and has not be withdrawn,” he said.

He added that if there was any need to necessitate the withdrawal, there would be communication, but added that budget figures could always be altered.

“It can be worked on behind the scene after second reading,” he said.

This was as the Senate leader, Senator Ali Ndume, said President Buhari could not withdraw the 2016 budget which he submitted to the National Assembly on December 22.

Ndume, who spoke to newsmen in the Senate on Tuesday, said the document submitted to the joint session of the National Assembly could not be withdrawn.

He said the president did not need to withdraw the budget because the figures contained were not sacrosanct.

The senator added that the lawmakers could always adjust the figures during budget defence process.

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