House of Representatives says that each item in the N7.29trillion budgeted for 2017 would be subjected to a thorough review by the National Assembly

   The House of Representatives says that each item in the N7.29trillion budgeted for 2017 would be subjected to a thorough review by the National Assembly.

   It noted that until such a review was done by various standing committees and approved by the legislature, the budget remained mere proposals by President Muhammadu Buhari.

   The Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, AbdulrazakNamdas, made this known to newsmen in Abuja, explaining that lawmakers would ensure that the controversies, which nearly marred the 2016 budget, would not be replicated with that of 2017.

    Asked whether lawmakers would increase the budget size, Namdas replied that the size was already “huge.”, adding that “N7.29trillion naira was a huge amount and increasing it was not the best way to go.

  It would be recalled that President Buhari had on the 14^Th of December  laid the estimates of the budget before a joint session of the Senate and the House in Abuja.