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Nigeria House of Representatives members may boycott the presentation of 2019 budget proposal by President Muhammadu Buhari over an alleged comment by Udo Udoma minister of budget and national planning.

Buhari on Thursday announced that he will have the budget proposal presentation next Wednesday.

The letter was read by the speaker, Yakubu Dogara, on the floor of the House.

The letter was read less than 24hrs after Udoma, said the president was yet to get a date from the National Assembly for the presentation of the appropriation bill.

Udoma said Buhari had last week transmitted the budget proposals to the legislature, the minister said the delay was due to the inability of the federal lawmakers to give their green light for the presentation.

DOgara, however, denied it stating that the 2019 Appropriation bill was only approved last week…



Source: Guardian Newspaper