Despite the unyielding protracted
period slated for the signing of the 2016 budget, the much anticipated meeting
between the National Assembly and the Presidency failed to hold on Tuesday.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, held a
closed door meeting with the President in Abuja; he was seen leaving the
Presidential Villa at about 2pm, after 30 minutes and was shielded by security
operatives.
State House correspondents were prevented
from interacting with him as he left the villa.
An official at the Presidency told State
House correspondents that the meeting did not hold because other principal
members of the National Assembly including the Senate President, Dr. Bukola
Saraki, were not present.
On Sunday, the spokesperson of the House
of Representatives, Abdulrazak Namdas said that members of the legislature
would continue deliberations with the executive during the week to resolve some
grey areas in the 2016 budget.
Mr. Namdas explained that the delay in the
signing of the 2016 budget is not as a result of inaction by the National
Assembly but because the President is yet to be convinced to sign the document.
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