President Buhari to present 2017 budget to National Assembly members next week

President Buhari will sometime next week present the 2017 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly. Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, disclosed this yesterday after the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja yesterday November 30th.

"The budget has been approved by the Federal Executive Council and the details of course will be revealed when the President presents the budget to the National Assembly. The President will be communicating to the National Assembly and of course it will be at the National Assembly's discretion ultimately. The President will write to them. It is after the confirm that the president can go to address them"he said