Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari submitted a corrected version of
the 2016 budget to Parliament on Tuesday to clear up confusion following
claims that the original document had gone missing.
The new
version doesn’t adjust figures published in the budget report submitted
on Dec. 22, Buhari said in a letter to Senate President Bukola Saraki
and read to lawmakers. It corrects errors contained in a “schedule of
details” that accompanied the budget, according to the letter.
The
2016 budget seeks to boost spending by about 20 percent to 6.08
trillion naira ($30.6 billion) this year to help revive an economy hit
by collapsing oil prices. The Senate agreed to begin discussing the
proposals on Wednesday.
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