BREAKING: Senate, Reps Disagree On 2016 Budget

THE ongoing controversy over the 2016 Budget deepened on Wednesday as the National Assembly became divided over it.








The House of Representatives and the Senate took opposing positions over the budget, which is yet to be assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari.


While the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, said the  Green Chamber will re-examine‎‎ the budget in view of the prevailing circumstances in Nigeria, the Senate said it will not reopen discussions on the issue with the Presidency.


‎The Senate, through his spokesman, Senator Abdullahi Sabi, said the Red Chamber is done with the 2016 budget and if there is anything missing in the budget, the Executive should come through by way of supplementary budget.


Sabi said: “What we issued yesterday remains our position.


“Today, all we did was confirm the true picture of these situation.


“I had to verify my facts and speak on those facts.


“I think we have made that clear.


“Yes we have passed the budget, Nigerians are asking what next?


“What is important is for the budget to be signed.


“The constitution has taken note of these kind of omissions of allocations.


“We issued that statement to clarify the situation and not to confront any authotity.


“We are a democratic institution and whatever we do, we remain guided by the ground norm of the constitution.


“Like we said, the Lagos-Calabar rail project was not included in the budget and does not in any way undermine the fact that it is an important project for this nation to embark on.


“The National Assembly is open if the executive brings a supplemantary appropriation.


“We are ready and willing to consider such.”


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All this for APC mighty budget of 2016! Our hope is in the LORD who .....

No be them only. Buhari, Ameachi and many other Nigerians don disagree. Its an inconclusive budget

NASS NASS, I have said this so many times. Scrap NASS. We must get a vioce in this community. They cannot keep oppressing us like this. They are useless. Scrap NASS

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Everything about this APC is bad luck

From one argument to the other

We need serious prayers


Everything about them is fight

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I don't think there is much of a disagreement. The NASS should just take a united front and go along with the Senate's decision. The Executive should pass the budget into effect, and should include in a supplementary budget, anything it feels is important to its developmental projects. What it should not do, is create confusion and chaos in the legislature. This would be totally unforgivable, and would in the future, come around to bite them.

Inconclusive Government. Simple budget, it's a shame.

Good riddance.

The senate is in order. There is nothing wrong with supplementary budget.

This Dogara of a man does not have balls
They don shakara am. He don dey gel.
Hmmm, is this how this people will rule us for 4 years
We shoud be ready for serious surprises

PFRB:
The senate is in order. There is nothing wrong with supplementary budget.

You ask for N60 and you are given N92 and you said nothing is wrong.

HIV/AIDS Drugs and polio vaccine were converted to ambulance buses and drilling of boreholes which the senators have collected money for under their constituencies. And you still feel nothing is wrong.

80 new road projects that have never been studied should just pass.

Abuja - kaduna rail that will be completed this year how will they pay the contractors when your senators have slashed it by 8.7 billion.

I think you south east people have serious problem.

Buhari don't sign this budget with out Lagos calabar rail line

cashreport:
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Everything about this APC is bad luck

From one argument to the other

We need serious prayers


Everything about them us fight

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until that name PDP is destroyed completely, Nigerian may not progress.

Abeg, no be ur PDP counterpart dey frustrate our lives by frustrating each and every effort of the presidency?

This is just the moment I hoped OBJ is the president of this damn country!

This APC Gov't is an embarrassment on us as a nation.

Them still dey do visa lottery?

I done tire for this jungle.

The budget has now become a turf for gladiatorial political contests. The executive and the legislative arms of government are full of combatants who are baying for blood. This APC brand of CHANGE has given that word a whole new meaning.

iblawi:


You ask for N60 and you are given N92 and you said nothing is wrong.

HIV/AIDS Drugs and polio vaccine were converted to ambulance buses and drilling of boreholes which the senators have collected money for under their constituencies. And you still feel nothing is wrong.

80 new road projects that have never been studied should just pass.

Abuja - kaduna rail that will be completed this year how will they pay the contractors when your senators have slashed it by 8.7 billion.

I think you south east people have serious problem.

When did he say he is a SE person? Zombie

Even the most foolish zombie is regreting voting President Buhari deeply inside.

Apc & confusion

Koni ragba fun gbogbo won.... Alabosi ni won... Oju aye na ni

Wahala dey ooo.

Lol

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I don't think this people really know what Nigerian a feeling in this hour that why they are doing all this

Hmmmm

maupe:
I don't think there is much of a disagreement. The NASS should just take a united front and go along with the Senate's decision. The Executive should pass the budget into effect, and should include in a supplementary budget, anything it feels is important to its developmental projects. What it should not do, is create confusion and chaos in the legislature. This would be totally unforgivable, and would in the future, come around to bite them.

Na wa o!
You didn't make sense in a similar thread before this and you are not making any sense here either?

Wait o, shebi its their money we are spending; the south south money I mean, why can't they just include lagos-calabar railway project to the budget.

The senators are making it look like na dem go contribute the money for the project.

BTW, what are the 36 senators from both ss and sw doing o. Abi all of them are ma*d ni?

Dat's d beauty of demon-crazy. They disagree to agree to eat our common wealth both d NASS n d Executive.

If they like..