Nigeria: 2016 Budget - I Will Deal With Those Who "Padded" the Budget, Buhari Vows

24 February 2016

Abuja — In a development that has openly shown his anger and dissatisfaction with the controversy trailing the 2016 budget proposal currently being debated at the National Assembly, President Mohammadu Buhari has vowed to deal decisively with those said to be the masterminds of the "budget padding".

This was even as the President, for the first time, admitted that the budget he submitted to the national legislature late December 2015 for approval had been utterly doctored.

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