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OLUSEGUN Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria, has denied media reports that he signed national budgets without getting the details. Obasanjo made this denial after meeting behind closed-doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Thursday, April 7.
He said he was in Aso Rock to share some of his experiences with the president. “You know that not too long ago, I was out there. I have come to share some of my experiences with him.”
When asked what they experiences were, he replied, “Ha! Ha! If I say I shared experiences with my wife, you will ask me wetin I talk with my wife?” On the claim by the National Assembly that he signed budgets without seeing the details, he said: “Eh en? I signed budget without details? Anybody who told you that, go and ask him again.”
Obasanjo said he could not comment on the 2016 Budget because he was yet to read the details. “Before I will be able to tell you something about the budget, I have to read it and know what it contains and know what to talk about.”
On the delay in signing the budget, Obasanjo said the constitution allowed the president to continue with the budget provided he did not go beyond the previous year. This, he said could be done up to the middle of the year.
— Apr 18, 2016 @ 01:00 GMT
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