Promising days ahead, presentation of Budget.

AHEAD of the presentation of 2016 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday, the Presidency said yesterday that the President was prepared to present to Nigerians, a budget of change.
Addressing Journalists yesterday in Abuja, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita
Enang explained that the 2016 budget would be a departure from the previous budgets, where the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) was presented to the National Assembly while the budget was being considered.
According to Enang, it was deliberate that President Buhari had planned to lay the 2016 budget estimates before the National Assembly after the apex Parliament had considered and approved the MTEF.
The Senate had passed the MTEF on Wednesday, December 16, 2015.
Enang who noted that the MTEF was the parameter upon which budget was determined, stressed that the document would act as a guide to developing implementable budget.
While appreciating the National Assembly for the expeditious passage of the 2016-2018 MTEF, the Presidential aide noted that the action of the lawmakers showed that they were determined to work in collaboration with President Buhari to bring the needed change to the country.
Enang said, “I appreciate the National Assembly on the expeditious passage of the MTEF and the Fiscal Strategy Paper because it was the basis for the preparation of the 2016 budget.
“Most of you have been here for a while and you agree with me that one or two years past we used to have a situation where the MTEF is considered and perhaps being considered while the budget is being presented but the present leadership of the Senate considered it