President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday in Washington DC that he will critically review the 2016 Appropriation Bill passed by the National Assembly before assenting to it. Speaking at a meeting with the United States Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry, President Buhari in a statement by his special adviser media, Femi Adesina, said that in view of the controversial alteration and padding of the budget proposals, he needed to review the appropriation bill to be certain that its contents tallied with the authentic budget proposal presented to the National Assembly.
“Some bureaucrats removed what we put in the proposal and replaced it with what they wanted. I have to look at the bill that has been passed by the National Assembly, ministry by ministry, to be sure that what has been brought back for me to sign is in line with our original submission,” the President said.
Declaring that his administration will continue to vigorously prosecute its war against corruption, President Buhari sought and received an assurance from Mr Kerry that the United States Government will facilitate the repatriation of all stolen Nigerian funds found within the American banking system.
“It will greatly help our country if you assist us to recover all our stolen funds which we can establish to be within your financial system,” the President told Mr Kerry.
Responding, the Secretary of State said that he has been told that the stolen Nigerian funds were in “billions of dollars”.
“It’s not easy to hide that amount of money and we are pretty good in tracing them,” Mr Kerry assured President Buhari, adding that relevant United States Government Officials will meet with the Chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to discuss further cooperation in that regard.
Mr Kerry applauded the Buhari Administration’s success in rolling back the Boko Haram insurgency, saying that the United States will continue to give Nigeria all possible support to ensure that the terrorist sect is finally eliminated as a threat to national and regional security.
The Secretary of State also praised President Buhari’s clear order that Nigeria’s Armed Forces must show greater regard for the human rights of persons in the theatre of operations against Boko Haram.
Acknowledging that the United States has been of great help to his administration in the retraining and re-equipping of the Nigerian Armed Forces that has resulted in the significant success already achieved against Boko Haram, President Buhari said that the Federal Government was now working very hard to restore full normalcy in the North Eastern states.
“Boko Haram no longer holds any local government area. We are reconstructing damaged facilities and preparing the police to take over and reassert civilian control over areas affected by the insurgency,” the President told Mr Kerry.
58 comments:
You love this stroy, the beginning of success in business
You are saying this because you are right in front of John Kerry..This is exactly what you do each time you travel out. It's always the opposite when you get back to your country. I don't blame you.
Ok sir
Hmmmm
Make dis one no lost too oo
Meenah_wakil on instagram
Hmmmm
Make dis one no lost too oo
Meenah_wakil on instagram
All correct sir
...merited happiness
Look at it very well Mr President
Abeg FG should their house in order and fix our economy haba! we tired of this budget brouhaha abeg.
Messi shocks Football world as he Moves to Real Madrid
Barcelona FC has been left in turmoil as Lionel Messi jumps ship by agreeing to join rival Real Madrid click my profile to read or visit www.duketundesblog.com
Gd 4 him
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
Governing nigeria oversea is the change...we should depends to hear nigerian news overseas . World presdoo.
Den be sharp about it baba go slow. Pple r suffering. Don't make me believe u r really brain dead
This old man is not serious o! A man that hardly stay a month in his country without his legs scratching him on which country to visit. My question now is where & when will he stay to critically review the budget? In USA or Afghanistan? Foolish man!!!
Carry on Sai baba
The old fool be like I went to school so no one can outsmart me
Keep dcvn urself....we knw you wunt critically review nada u are just an illiterate n a corrupt man
Assent the damn bill already n let money circulate
Miss Freeborn!!
Noted!
K seen. * it's well*
Oyamilenuo
Scrutinize the Bill very well before assenting, before those pdp bigots sneak in anti-people policies to undermine this govt.
Who cares u can take the remaining 3 years to review it, bainless, wicked, heartless old fool, dats if u will sit down one place to @ least get sum1 to read it for u, becos i know u cant read. I just so dislike old fools who want to claim dat de know every tin, when dey know fully well de know nothing.
Who cares u can take the remaining 3 years to review it, bainless, wicked, heartless old fool, dats if u will sit down one place to @ least get sum1 to read it for u, becos i know u cant read. I just so dislike old fools who want to claim dat de know every tin, when dey know fully well de know nothing.
Who cares u can take the remaining 3 years to review it, bainless, wicked, heartless old fool, dats if u will sit down one place to @ least get sum1 to read it for u, becos i know u cant read. I just so dislike old fools who want to claim dat de know every tin, when dey know fully well de know nothing.
Some questions we shld b asking. 1) WAts d US buiz wit our budget. 2) y is he embarrassing us by telling d whole world we don't hav an approved budget till now. 3) if he had an original proposal dat was unpadded y didn't he send it to d national assembly nd save dem all d weeks of stress dey used in TRYING TO CLEAN THE BUDGET. 4) Y does he try so hard to prove he is not corrupt bt d whole nation is corrupt
....like as if him, himself is not corrupt.
Atulu Housa!! Mr Fool
Buhari I respect u oh but you're overdoing things. Do u really think this tenure can be 100% corruption free?? Even in your household! Bia, stop starving us oh.. Ogini sef? U fit do pass mugagbe? Abi even Obama tell u say corruption no dey America?? Sign budget so there will be jobs for youths n businesses can flourish again. Even God knows this earth is not sin-free, yet He still answers prayers. Baba hurry up fa..haba!
Yes o. Its necessary. I really have faith in this man.
We all should.
I trust you, baba! Linda take note!
Look am well well.
Review it shapardly plz... cos no time
like say him sabi read
The Senate can not be trusted anymore. I don talk my own o
Please Mr. President come back home and review the budget then. People are hungry! You like to take your time to do things so start now and let some kind of money start flowing. Your people are suffering and crying.
Morning everyone pls how do I get linda ikeji contact for me to do advert, each time i called d number on the block,soneone else from anorher establishment pick it,dis my number number 08037054229
Ok, my able president
He better o,because even children ain't smiling no more.
Baba we are tired of this long wait i beg.
Click: Universities with their post utme dates and cut off marks
I support his hesitation in this case! It's somehow reasonable but I hope it doesn't get delayed as long as the duration of announcement of ministers.
Another long wait for the budget to be signed... 😢
APC say baba, APC say change,
Ur headache oga
As u want
And Kerry believed all these lies? if he did then am sorry for him.. Why will Buhari continue to fool himself?
God bless Mr president...carry go
U ar straight on point, we really Appreciate ur good work sir
Ok we hear
Okay
Good to know.if he did before sending to national assembly he would have saved the nation the huge economic loss occasioned by the padding he did not see.checking budget before signing is assumed.same goes for every document.this simple step by any one in position of responsibility shouldn't be a creed to be reasserted in usa.any way our president only talks to us anytime he is outside Nigeria.
Shameless man be forming don with all your ignorance. Why didn't you "CRITICALLY" before presenting it? Always talking when out of the country, when u return, it's moment of silence. God will humble you.
Common budget na im be all this paparazzi...PMB always looking for worshipers
An average nigerian does not give a hoot on How u do it,dey need result. Too much talk n no actions. Mr president do something before u loose our trust.
U don travel finish? Wen u wan even get time review the budget sef?
Get away! snail
I still don't understand why Buhari doesn't make his intentions known in Nigeria, He would rather travel out to speak. Na wa oh #change
I still don't understand why Buhari doesn't make his intentions known in Nigeria, He would rather travel out to speak. Na wa oh #change
I'm tired of this old man ranting review this budget so that money will flow ... After electing you what we get in return is hardship rubbish
U put ur parents 2 shame,they're full fledged failures where raising u's concerned
there he goes again: making serious policy pronouncements only when he is abroad...and femi adesina will be happily releasing them.
come is it that Nigeria is on every country the president visits? which kain confusion be be dis?
Fool u shuld have said dat with a user name, ur grammar is notin to write home abt, i guess dats why ur own parents gave birth to a faceless idiot.
Fool u shuld have said dat with a user name, ur grammar is notin to write home abt, i guess dats why ur own parents gave birth to a faceless idiot.
Post a Comment