Nigeria's 2017 budget is well prepared - Udoma

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma has announced that 2017 appropriation bill which will be presented to the National Assembly next week is well prepared.


He said this after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Recall that the 2016 Budget witnessed a lot of controversies ranging from unlawful insertions to padding from the Nation's Assembly.

But Mr. Udoma said the 2017 fiscal document, of which he gave no details, has been well prepared to avoid the pitfalls that characterised the 2016 budget.

“The document that we are presenting to the National assembly is a carefully prepared on,” Senator Udoma said.