I hope the National Assembly won’t ‘distort’ 2019 budget– Oshiomhole

Reactions have continued to trail the N8.83 trillion 2019 appropriation bill presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly on Wednesday.

The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, expressed optimism that the National Assembly would not distort contents in the budget.

Despite rancorous and rapturous events that played out before, during and after the budget presentation, the APC chairman believed it was a “successful outing” for the president.’

He believes the rowdiness that came up intermittently reflected that the lawmakers “generally agreed that the budget was good.”

He said, “I think it was done very well and analytically well presented. It covers all the issues.

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“It gives account of the previous budget, how it was implemented and why we will have to consolidate, going forward. I think it was a successful outing.

“I’m impressed, I’m excited and I pray that the National Assembly will not distort it in a way that will distort the tenet, well-thought out outcome,” he said.

“I think the lawmakers generally agreed that the budget was good.

“All the requirements of the law have been met, namely, to lay the budget. How the senators behaved thereafter is their privilege.”

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