Buhari set to present 2017 budget to National Assembly

Presenting Muhammadu Buhari presenting budget to the National Assembly

President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to present the 2017 budget estimates to a joint session of National Assembly today Wednesday, 14 December 2016.

Reports say the Presentation of the 2017 Appropriation bill by the President has been moved to afternoon time.

Earlier in a letter sent to the National Assembly, reads: “I crave the indulgence of the National Assembly to grant me the 10.00 hours on Wednesday, Dec. 14, to formally address a joint session of the National Assembly on the 2017 budget proposal.’’

Buhari in his 2016 Maulud message said: “The 2017 Budget proposals which I will lay before the National Assembly on Wednesday, will contain measures that we are confident will get the nation out of its economic woods.’’

The budget is targeted…