Nigeria: Saraki Should Be Held Responsible for Budget Delay - Presidency

19 August 2018

Abuja — THE Presidency Sunday night said that the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki and the National Assembly should be held responsible for the delay in passing the supplementary budget for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for 2019 general elections.

The Presidency further explained that the National Assembly delayed the 2018 budget that was submitted on November last year for seven months, adding that there was no way a supplementary budget could have been submitted without the passage of the main budget.

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