With the declaration of an end to the budget standoff between the Presidency and National Assembly, both parties must now adopt a more flexible and imaginative approach to the document to ensure its quick and successful implementation.
The saying, "When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers," is remarkably appropriate to Nigeria today, at least with regard to the bickering between the Presidency and National Assembly over the contents of this year's national budget. The bickering had raged beyond the constitutionally prescribed period for an amicable settlement, raising fears about a more severe degeneration of the relationship between the two arms of government.
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