I won’t allow padding of 2017 budget – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said he would not allow the series of ‘injections and padding’ that characterized the 2016 budget to repeat itself with the 2017 budget.

The President was quoted to have said this during a visit by members of the Governance Support Group (GSG), led by Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, at the state house, Abuja, according to a statement by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman.

Buhari said he would not allow any distortions of the budget.

“I am waiting for the 2017 budget to be brought to us in council. Any sign of padding anywhere, I will remove it,” he said.

The President said he never heard the word ‘padding’ since 1975 when he has been in government.

He said his administration was still committed to reviving the economy, and fighting corruption, but lamented that some people are deliberately turning blind eyes to prevailing realities in the country.

“They don’t want to reflect on the situation in which we are, economically. They want to live the same way; they simply want business as usual,” he said.

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