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Fresh facts have emerged over the controversy surrounding the 2016 budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari last month before a joint session of the National Assembly, with a principal officer of the Senate revealing that the document was the wrong one.
The 2016 budget became dogged by controversy last week when the Senate admitted that it was missing and its committee on ethics, petitions and privileges, which was saddled with the task of looking for it, later discovered that there were two versions of the document. There was the one tabled before the National Assembly by the president on December 22, 2015 and another printed and distributed to senators by Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly (Senate), Senator Ita Enang. While the Senate insisted that it would not consider any other copy of the 2016 budget except the one presented by the president, the Presidency decried the attempt to link Senator Enang to the ‘missing’ budget controversy, explaining that the document stopped being the property of the Executive the day it was submitted, hence, the National Assembly is solely responsible for its safe-keeping.
Angered by the controversies, a principal officer (name withheld) told Daily Trust on Sunday that the budget President Buhari laid on December 22 was the wrong copy as it was the one prepared on the assumption that ex- President Goodluck Jonathan was going to win the last election. This explanation seems plausible if one weighs President Buhari’s modest lifestyle against some of the provisions contained in the 2016 budget proposal he submitted last month.
While Nigerians were told to brace-up for a tough year, the government budgeted the huge sum of N39 billion as running costs for the Office of the President as against N24.4 billion in the previous year, with major allocations going to car purchase at N3.9 billion and another N189 million to change tyres for some specified vehicles in the Presidency. Other spending proposed by the government include N1.4 billion on both local and international travels for Mr. Buhari in 2016 compared to N944.7 million spent in 2015 by him and his predecessor, for the same purpose. Details of the 2016 budget breakdown for the Presidency indicate that in place of the N24.6 million voted for Wildlife Conservation, including the purchase of exotic animals last year, N326m is allocated for the same purpose in 2016.
For a government that came to power on the wind of change, most of these expenditures could not be justified in the face of crashing price of oil in the international market and dwindling revenue. Shedding light on how the Senate was able to detect the discrepancies in the copies of the budget distributed to senators by Enang and the one laid by the president last month before the National Assembly, the source said “When we crosschecked what was made available to us on resumption and the one laid by the President, we discovered that there were sharp differences in what was allocated to the Presidency.
“What was made available in the new one is lower when compared to what we have in the old one, especially feeding. The allocation of feeding of Mr. President and the vice president was by far higher than what Jonathan and Namadi spent. You know because of the analysis by a national daily, we put more attention on it”, he said. According to him, the budget that was presented by President Buhari was the one that was prepared on the assumption that Jonathan was going to win the last election.
“The feeding money has been increased. They now realized the mistake. It was in an attempt to correct the mistake that they ran into trouble. If they had taken the National Assembly in confidence, they would have stylishly done that without anybody knowing. This is telling you that the man (the President) doesn’t have people around that are experienced enough”, the principal officer said.

In my own opinion, it's never too late to do the right thing. I knew that baba will not be that extravagant. Let's go there!

Shameless govt.

In lvlink's voice..

What does the zombie worshippers have to say about this?

kejes10:
In my own opinion, it's never too late to do the right thing. I knew that baba will not be that extravagant. Let's go there!

..yes never too late to do the right thing but Buharis cluelessness stinks like his body odour

Lol
Was APC blind when they were presenting the budget during their emergency NEC meeting or to the NASS. I feel the presidency was testing the waters to see if the hunger stricken masses will accept that kind of budget. Thank goodness that silly clueless budget is withdrawn. Waiting to see if there will be any significant difference with the 2016 budget season 2

divinehand2003:
Lol
Was APC blind when they were presenting the budget during their emergency NEC meeting or to the NASS. I feel the presidency was testing the waters to see if the hunger stricken masses will accept that kind of budget. Thank goodness that silly clueless budget is withdrawn. Waiting to see if there will be any significant difference with the 2016 budget season 2

what about if they wanted to let the masses make comparison with both budget. Do you think that our economy would have survived with gej budget?

Riskymoblordz007:
Fresh facts have emerged over the controversy surrounding
the 2016 budget presented by President Muhammadu
Buhari last month before a joint session of the National
Assembly, with a principal officer of the Senate revealing
that the document was the wrong one.

The 2016 budget became dogged by controversy last week
when the Senate admitted that it was missing and its
committee on ethics, petitions and privileges, which was
saddled with the task of looking for it, later discovered that
there were two versions of the document.
There was the one tabled before the National Assembly by
the president on December 22, 2015 and another printed
and distributed to senators by Senior Special Assistant to the
President on National Assembly (Senate), Senator Ita Enang.
While the Senate insisted that it would not consider any
other copy of the 2016 budget except the one presented by
the president, the Presidency decried the attempt to link
Senator Enang to the ‘missing’ budget controversy,
explaining that the document stopped being the property of
the Executive the day it was submitted, hence, the National
Assembly is solely responsible for its safe-keeping.

Angered by the controversies, a principal officer (name
withheld) told Daily Trust on Sunday that the budget
President Buhari laid on December 22 was the wrong copy
as it was the one prepared on the assumption that ex-
President Goodluck Jonathan was going to win the last
election.
This explanation seems plausible if one weighs President
Buhari’s modest lifestyle against some of the provisions
contained in the 2016 budget proposal he submitted last
month.

While Nigerians were told to brace-up for a tough year, the
government budgeted the huge sum of N39 billion as
running costs for the Office of the President as against N24.4
billion in the previous year, with major allocations going to
car purchase at N3.9 billion and another N189 million to
change tyres for some specified vehicles in the Presidency.
Other spending proposed by the government include N1.4
billion on both local and international travels for Mr. Buhari
in 2016 compared to N944.7 million spent in 2015 by him
and his predecessor, for the same purpose.
Details of the 2016 budget breakdown for the Presidency
indicate that in place of the N24.6 million voted for Wildlife
Conservation, including the purchase of exotic animals last
year, N326m is allocated for the same purpose in 2016.

For a government that came to power on the wind of
change, most of these expenditures could not be justified in
the face of crashing price of oil in the international market
and dwindling revenue.
Shedding light on how the Senate was able to detect the
discrepancies in the copies of the budget distributed to
senators by Enang and the one laid by the president last
month before the National Assembly, the source said “When
we crosschecked what was made available to us on
resumption and the one laid by the President, we
discovered that there were sharp differences in what was
allocated to the Presidency.

“What was made available in the new one is lower when
compared to what we have in the old one, especially
feeding. The allocation of feeding of Mr. President and the
vice president was by far higher than what Jonathan and
Namadi spent. You know because of the analysis by a
national daily, we put more attention on it”, he said.
According to him, the budget that was presented by
President Buhari was the one that was prepared on the
assumption that Jonathan was going to win the last election.

“The feeding money has been increased. They now realized
the mistake. It was in an attempt to correct the mistake that
they ran into trouble. If they had taken the National
Assembly in confidence, they would have stylishly done that
without anybody knowing. This is telling you that the man
(the President) doesn’t have people around that are
experienced enough”, the principal officer said.

any thing that is rung is Jonathan

You created this account today and so far, haave four threads to your credit, all of which are anti government. And this comes without a source.

Bros, you go die ontop Buhari matter oo.

Fraud or Incompetence ??

it is your pick! Either way Buhari is irresponsible and shameless!!!

This government is so poor at information management, that it is beginning to make Jonathan's administration look good in that area.
I suppose this is what happens when you have so many fuddy duddies holding the reins

Plenty lies being concoted shame on em

Did the presidency not go through before submitting it at first. I smell Illiteracy, laziness at its peek

Riskymoblordz007:
Fresh facts have emerged over the controversy surrounding
the 2016 budget presented by President Muhammadu
Buhari last month before a joint session of the National
Assembly, with a principal officer of the Senate revealing
that the document was the wrong one.

The 2016 budget became dogged by controversy last week
when the Senate admitted that it was missing and its
committee on ethics, petitions and privileges, which was
saddled with the task of looking for it, later discovered that
there were two versions of the document.
There was the one tabled before the National Assembly by
the president on December 22, 2015 and another printed
and distributed to senators by Senior Special Assistant to the
President on National Assembly (Senate), Senator Ita Enang.
While the Senate insisted that it would not consider any
other copy of the 2016 budget except the one presented by
the president, the Presidency decried the attempt to link
Senator Enang to the ‘missing’ budget controversy,
explaining that the document stopped being the property of
the Executive the day it was submitted, hence, the National
Assembly is solely responsible for its safe-keeping.

Angered by the controversies, a principal officer (name
withheld) told Daily Trust on Sunday that the budget
President Buhari laid on December 22 was the wrong copy
as it was the one prepared on the assumption that ex-
President Goodluck Jonathan was going to win the last
election.
This explanation seems plausible if one weighs President
Buhari’s modest lifestyle against some of the provisions
contained in the 2016 budget proposal he submitted last
month.

While Nigerians were told to brace-up for a tough year, the
government budgeted the huge sum of N39 billion as
running costs for the Office of the President as against N24.4
billion in the previous year, with major allocations going to
car purchase at N3.9 billion and another N189 million to
change tyres for some specified vehicles in the Presidency.
Other spending proposed by the government include N1.4
billion on both local and international travels for Mr. Buhari
in 2016 compared to N944.7 million spent in 2015 by him
and his predecessor, for the same purpose.
Details of the 2016 budget breakdown for the Presidency
indicate that in place of the N24.6 million voted for Wildlife
Conservation, including the purchase of exotic animals last
year, N326m is allocated for the same purpose in 2016.

For a government that came to power on the wind of
change, most of these expenditures could not be justified in
the face of crashing price of oil in the international market
and dwindling revenue.
Shedding light on how the Senate was able to detect the
discrepancies in the copies of the budget distributed to
senators by Enang and the one laid by the president last
month before the National Assembly, the source said “When
we crosschecked what was made available to us on
resumption and the one laid by the President, we
discovered that there were sharp differences in what was
allocated to the Presidency.

“What was made available in the new one is lower when
compared to what we have in the old one, especially
feeding. The allocation of feeding of Mr. President and the
vice president was by far higher than what Jonathan and
Namadi spent. You know because of the analysis by a
national daily, we put more attention on it”, he said.
According to him, the budget that was presented by
President Buhari was the one that was prepared on the
assumption that Jonathan was going to win the last election.

“The feeding money has been increased. They now realized
the mistake. It was in an attempt to correct the mistake that
they ran into trouble. If they had taken the National
Assembly in confidence, they would have stylishly done that
without anybody knowing. This is telling you that the man
(the President) doesn’t have people around that are
experienced enough”, the principal officer said.

This is another big LIE. I remembered that FEC met to review the budget before approval by the President for presentation to the NASS. Even PDP argued that it was wrong to project oil at $38 when prices are falling.Again, same PDP argued that it was wrong to borrow N2.2T to finance 70% recurrent expenditure. What are we not going hear in Nigeria?

These APC and Buhari self. They keep condemning Jonathan,yet his ambassadors and instrument of governance are still in existence.

I am yet to understand what the people that voted in this present administration saw that others didn't?

I also do not understand their logic when it comes to defending it as well. Only time will tell.

Another stunt to pull GEJ in the mud!