PRESIDENCY ASSURES THAT PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI WILL NOT HAMPER 2022 BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION DESPITE CHANGES.

The presidency has announced that President Muhammadu Buhari will not hamper the implementation of the 2022 budget despite the numerous changes made by the National Assembly.

President Buhari had on Friday morning signed the budget into law, expressing strong reservations on what he described as worrisome changes made by the National Assembly to the 2022 Executive Budget proposal. However, a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Garba Shehu, on Sunday, two days later dismissed reports of a crisis between his principal and the federal lawmakers.

Shehu noted that while it is true that the President expressed disagreement with these and many of the other alterations, including the reduction in the provisions for many strategic capital projects to introduce Empowerment Projects, innumerable lies are being spread about the President being angry and had blasted or lashed out at the Parliament.

He maintained that the President was clear and candid in expressing his reservations with the numerous changes to the 2022 Budget made by the National Assembly, which would hamper its implementation.