President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presenting the 2016 national budget before a joint session of the National Assembly.
Buhari becomes the first Nigerian President to personally carry out this task in recent years.
This was acknowledged by the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, in his opening speech.
Dr. Bukola Saraki also promised that the National Assembly is ready to swiftly pass 2016 Budget to quickly reflate the economy.
The 6.07 trillion Naira budget proposal for 2016 was predicated on $38 per barrel oil benchmark; 197 Naira exchange rate.
It is an increase of about 40 per cent from the previous budget of 4.357 trillion Naira which was presented to the National Assembly in 2014 by ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
The budget presentation by President Buhari is coming just as the National Assembly approved the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF).
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) had on December 7 approved the Medium Term Expenditure Framework which pegs the 2016 Budget at six trillion Naira.
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