Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, has said that his office had taken delivery of a preview copy of the revised 2016 Appropriation Bill.
Enang, who spoke to New Telegraph, gave assurance that Nigerians would soon smile, an indication that the processes must have largely been concluded by the Panel set up to clean up the budget.
His words: “We are just about to take delivery of the first copy for preview from the Committee of the National Assembly. We are like walking very closely to the end of the exercise.
"So, Nigerians will be very happy in the next few hours. I will not be categorical about whether the President will get it tonight or tomorrow (today) but I just want to let you know that we have just taken delivery of the preview copy and Nigerians will be very happy, very soon.”
A 10-man committee was set up last Wednesday by the leadership of the National Assembly to interface with another 5-man committee from the executive who have harmonise all the grey areas identified by the presidency in the 2016 Appropriation Bill.
The committee, which has five members of the House of Reps, five members from the Senate as well as the five members from the executive, was expected to finish its assignment to facilitate the transmission of the final budget to President Muhammadu Buhari for his assent this week.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has already assured that once the budget is signed, they would start work.
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