Buhari ‘Unduly Exaggerated’ Extent Of 2018 Budget Cuts, Says NASS
Nigeria’s federal legislators on Friday responded to jabs by President Muhammadu Buhari while assenting the 2018 budget two days earlier, accusing the executive arm of unduly exaggerating the extent of cuts made to the bill submitted to the National Assembly in November last year. In a joint statement, the legislators at a press addressing addressed by Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi and Abdulrazak Namdas of the House of Representatives, the National Assembly, reiterated the fact that adjustments were within the powers of the lawmakers in such a process, the legislators at a joint press conference by both arms, insisted that no substantial reduction was made “on any project to the extent of affecting its implementation.” Specifically, they stressed that the N347bn cuts from 4,700 projects “were made from low priority areas to higher priority areas to support the generation of employment for our youth by MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium scale Enterprises).” Continuing, the lawmak...