PMB Accuses The NASS of Budget Distort

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President Muhammadu Buhari has decried the actions of the National Assembly of inflating the debts payable to states and exclusion of some states, over projects executed on behalf of the Federal Government.

The president had made an allegation in a letter transmitted to the National assembly. The letter which was transmitted together with that of presentation of 2019 Appropriation Bill and read by the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki during Tuesday’s plenary in Abuja. 

In the letter, President Buhari accused the lawmakers of approving repayment to 21 states as against the 25 approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC), and also inflating the amount from N487.84 billion for 25 states to N488.7 billion for 21 states. He also decried the exclusion of Kogi, Bauchi, Delta and Taraba states.

The letter stated further that the process of approval by FEC was in accordance with the Public Procurement Act of 2007 and done to the satisfaction of the Bureau of Public Enterprises.

He, then ask to be furnished with the review of the conditions that led to the exclusion of the four states and the details relating to the amounts approved by the National Assembly for the individual states involved.

However, The President said in his letter, the Federal Government would proceed with the implementation of the approvals on some basis.

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