Breaking: Presidency distances self from missing 2016 budget

As outrage continued to trail the reportedly missing 2016 Budget presented to the joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday, December 22, 2015, by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidency, on Tuesday night, distanced itself from the missing budget.

Buhari presents N6.08trn 2016 budget to NASS

Disturbed by the raging enquiries posed by Nigerian social media users, following the news of the missing budget, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, defended the Presidency, noting that President Buhari has not withdrawn the budget as speculated in the media.

Shehu in a series of tweets via his Twitter handle  said: “Enquiries about the budget: Nobody except the President can withdraw the budget. As far as we know, he hasn’t done that.

“The copies in their hundreds have been delivered to both chambers of the National Assembly.

“By tradition, once the budget is submitted, it ceases to be our property.

“Enquiries as to where it is should be directed to the appropriate quarters,” he said.