President Bola Tinubu, has stated that poverty will soon leave the country and the people will be happy, News About Nigeria reports.
He stated this when he hosted the leadership of the Senate to a dinner on Thursday to break the Ramadan fast at the State House, Abuja.
He noted that the challenges the country is facing will be over soon, adding that Nigeria is about to turn the corner on the current economic difficulties.
President Bola Tinubu also stated that his administration will always encourage cooperation between the executive and judiciary for the advancement of the nation, maintaining that the revenue of the country has improved and all that is left is to control expenditures and manage resources better.
Reacting to the allegations of budget padding, the President stated those talking about malicious embellishment in the budget did not understand the arithmetic and did not refer to the baseline of what was brought.
He, however, assured the members of the Senate that their integrity was intact in the face of the allegations.
“I know the arithmetic of the budget and the numbers that I brought to the National Assembly, and I know what numbers came back.
“I appreciate all of you for the expeditious handling of the budget. Thank you very much.
“Those who are talking about malicious embellishment in the budget did not understand the arithmetic and did not refer to the baseline of what I brought. But your integrity is intact,” he said.
Recall that Senator Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central, PDP) had alleged that the Tinubu-led government is implementing a budget other than the one approved on January 1, 2024.
Ningi, who chaired the Northern Senators’ Forum and Senate Committee on Population, had contended in a BBC Hausa Service interview that a N25tn budget was debated and passed, not the N28.7tn that is currently being implemented, and maintained that N3.7tn could not be accounted for in the 2024 budget.
