Senators slam President Buhari's 2018 budget estimate, describe document as imaginary

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November 28, 2017 at 02:08PM
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- Senator Joshua Lidani says the 2018 budget is similar to the 2017 budget which was very abysmal

- Lawmakers say the necessary governments institutions are not performing to their optimum in line with the budget

The Nigerian Senate has described the 2018 budget estimate presented by the executive as an imaginary document.

The lawmakers during plenary on Tuesday, November 28, said the 2018 budget was unrealistic and insensitive to the plight of the people.

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe who was one of the first senators to fault the document said the 2018 budget is an imaginary document.

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Senator Joshua Lidani in his submission stated that the 2018 budget was similar to the 2017 budget which was very abysmal.

The senators also queried why the budget was dependent on oil.

They said the necessary governments institutions were not performing to their optimum in line with the budget.

Read part of the debate from the plenary below:

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Meanwhile, some members of the House of Representatives have faulted the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his allegation that former President Goodluck Jonathan institutionalized corruption in Nigeria.

The lawmaker said this in a statement titled Celebrating GEJ At 60, Immortalizing Ekwueme and a look at Tinubu and the Nigerian Irony, by the deputy minority leader, Chukwuka Onyema, the lawmakers.

The lawmakers asked God to give GEJ’s traducers like Bola Ahmed Tinubu a change of heart to see more good in others.

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Source: Naija.ng

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Senators slam President Buhari's 2018 budget estimate, describe document as imaginary
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