2016 Budget Passage: Presidency Commends National Assembly

Ita Enang-Budget

The Presidency on Wednesday lauded the National Assembly for passing the 2016 Appropriation Bill.

The Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, told journalists at a press briefing in Abuja that the expeditious consideration and passage of the bill were laudable.

Mr. Enang specifically commended the Senate and House committees on appropriation as well as the sub-committees for putting in effort to ensure that the budget was passed.

“I followed the entire process and I have seen the industry that has been exhibited by the senators.

“I want to say that we appreciate particularly the fact that in the course of consideration, the committee chairmen, the committee members and the chairmen of appropriation committees were in constant touch”, he said.

The presidential aide further commended the legislature for approving the “harmonised version of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP)”, adding that they were the parameter for passing the budget.

Mr. Enang also extolled the media for extensive coverage of the process leading to the passage of the budget since it was presented to a joint session of the National Assembly on December 22, 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari.