Udo-Udoma commends N/A for passing budget
(Nigeria) The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen.
Udoma Udo-Udoma has commended the National Assembly for passing the 2016
budget.
The minister in a statement by his Media Adviser, Akpandem
James, in Abuja on Wednesday, was particularly pleased that the legislature
kept the budget within the amount proposed by the Executive, especially as the
fiscal deficit was not increased.
``I wish to commend the National Assembly for passing the
2016 budget today. I am particularly pleased that they have kept the budget
within the amount the executive proposed and the fiscal deficit has not been
increased,’’ the minister said.
The Appropriation Bill was eventually passed into law by the
Senate on Wednesday March 23.
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