Lawmakers not responsible for padding 2016 budget - Rep Namdas

Lawmakers not responsible for padding 2016 budget – Rep Namdas

February 23, 2016

Members of the Nigerian parliament attend the 2013 budget proposal presentation by President Goodluck Jonathan at a joint sitting of the parliament in the capital Abuja, October 10, 2012. Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday presented a 4.92 trillion Nigerian naira ($31.3 billion) budget to parliament for 2013, but lawmakers disputed it, calling for a formula that would put less oil cash in the savings pot. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde (NIGERIA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - RTR38ZUY

The House of Representatives on Tuesday said that lawmakers were not responsible for the padding of the 2016 budget proposal. Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas (APC-Adamawa), the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, expressed concern over conflicting figures discovered in the budget proposal,

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