The Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari has said it will continue to welcome well-meaning criticism of its policies, its budget and expenditure because it is the only way the change promised the country will have a meaning
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President Buhari had in a letter read on Tuesday to the National Assembly notified the lawmakers of some corrections in the budget proposal
Saraki levelled the accusation on Thursday
Abaribe, who came in through a Point of Order, said the matter was discussed at the closed-door session the senators had on Tuesday.
He called for an investigation into the issue
This was announced during plenary on Wednesday by the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki
He, however, called on the executive arm of government to guard against bureaucratic bottleneck in the implementation of the budget, when passed into law
According to the 2016 fiscal plan, Federal Government would only have a marginally increased contribution from value added tax, VAT, at N67.7 billion in 2016, from N67.5 billion in 2015 while additional inflow of N350 billion is expected to come from misappropriated funds recoveries
The President, therefore, urged Gattaz and the French trade mission, which includes over 50 companies with interest in manufacturing, agriculture, infrastructure development and other areas, to return to Nigeria again next year in order to take full advantage of the new policies
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday in Abuja that he will gladly reverse or abandon some inherited economic policies if…