Reps threaten showdown over 2016 Budget

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Some members of the House of Representatives are threatening a showdown if any of the changes President Buhari requested in the 2016 budget is left out About 100 lawmakers of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) met Tuesday night and took a decision on the matter, sources told Daily Trust.

They are demanding that all the projects inserted by the chairman of the appropriation committee Rep Abdulmumin Jibrin (APC, Kano) be removed.
One of the lawmakers, who attended the late-night meeting, told our correspondents that they would not allow a situation where some “selfish members” would be executing projects in their constituencies, while others would have nothing to do.

“So, what we decided last night (Tuesday) was that all the changes requested by the president must be effected to the letter; none should be left out, if not, we’re ready for a showdown, if that is what this will lead to,” said the lawmaker.
Daily Trust reports that after the meeting between  the Presidency and the leadership of the National Assembly on Tuesday night, a committee from both sides was set up to finalise areas of  

Disagreement.
While the presidency’s team would be led by the minister of budget and national planning Udoma Udo Udoma, the National Assembly team is led by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Yussuf Lasun Suleimon.
The committee has the chairmen of the Senate and House committees on appropriation and finance as members, a presidency source told Daily Trust.
The committee will between today and tomorrow conclude work on the document after which President Buhari will sign the budget next week.