NASS Says 2016 Budget Passage Not Possible in February

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NASS Says 2016 Budget Passage Not Possible in February

By Correspondent

The proposed date of February 25 by the National Assembly for the passage of the 2016 budget is not feasible. The Chairmen of the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Appropriation, Senators Danjuma Goje and Representative Abdulmumin Jibrin respectively, made this known while addressing a news conference in Abuja. The lawmakers said February 25, which was the target for the passage of the 2016 budget is no longer realistic. The two lawmakers revealed that government ministries have padded their budgets and because of this, lawmakers require more time to thoroughly work on the budget. They added that the National Assembly made this observation during the ongoing budget defence. It would be recalled that in the past two weeks, government ministries, departments and agencies have been called upon by the National Assembly to defend their 2016 budget proposals. However, a common complaint during the budget defence sessions is that the agencies all said the funds appropriated to them were insufficient and are asking for more money. This complaint and other issues that have been playing out in the budget defence sessions, have led the National Assembly to postpone the date which it set for the passage of the 2016 budget. The lawmakers also observed that there were also complaints from different quarters arising from the imbalance from the capital allocation. However, a new date for the passage of the 2016 budget has not been set by the National Assembly. 

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