President Muhammadu Buhari has received the details of the 2016 Appropriation Bill from the National Assembly.

Buhari had maintained that he must thoroughly peruse and scrutinize the 2016 budget details before assenting it.

The 1,800-page budget details was on Thursday, signed for and collected on behalf of the President by the Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The Chief of Staff received the budget from the Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters of the Senate, Ita Enang; and the Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters, Samaila Kawu.

Speaking with journalists, Enang said: “The budget details has been transmitted to His Excellency, Mr. President today, the constitutional process begins thereafter.”

“We have transmitted it to the Office of the President and the constitutional process of timing starts.”