Buhari Meets Billionaire’s Son Who Wants To Marry His Daughter Zahra

President Muhammadu Buhari, as usual, is not willing to take chances about his daughter’s spouse, he wants to make sure everything is in order about his future son-in-law.

According to report, he met Ahmed Indimi, the son of a Billionaire businessman at the Presidential Villa yesterday. He was said to have asked him some pertinent questions, especially on his finances as well as his social pedigree.

Some persons are claiming that Ahmed Indimi’s business has not been doing well in recent times and that he wants to marry the President’s daughter sharp sharp to bounce back with connections.

Sources say Mr President is worried why the wedding has to take place almost immediately when his daughter doesn’t even know Ahmed well.

But it looks like all would be resolved and the wedding will go on.

FG To Employ 200,000 Graduates In October

The Federal Government has announced on Tuesday that the implementation of its Social Investment Programmes would commence before the end of this month.

How Jonathan, Jega rescued Nigeria in 2015 – Buhari

Nigeria would have disintegrated along ethnic and political lines but for the patriotic zeal of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and Prof. Attahiru Jega, President Muhammadu Buhari said

Buhari must sign 2016 Budget as passed by N’Assembly – Senate

The National Assembly on Tuesday said it would not go back on its position on the 2016 Appropriation Bill.
The spokesperson of the Senate, Dr Abdullahi Sabi, told newsmen in Abuja that the 1999 Constitution had made provision for a supplementary appropriation in the event of omissions in the main budget.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that there has been a controversy on the integrity of the budget, with the Executive and Legislature making different claims over it.
There were allegations in the media credited to the executive that the National Assembly tampered with some aspects of the budget, particularly alleged removal of Lagos-Calabar rail project from bill.
Sabi said the National Assembly was not unmindful of the plight of Nigerians and therefore urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the budget.
He said: “One thing that is obvious is that we have passed the budget.
“Nigerians are asking what next?
“What is important now is for the budget to be signed.
“The Constitution has taken note of this kind of scenario where you may have omissions or shortfalls of allocations.
“Section 81 of the Constitution is very clear on what you need to do, which is to sign the budget and submit a supplementary appropriation.”
Sabi said though the contentious Lagos-Calabar rail project was not in the budget, the National Assembly was willing to accept a supplementary appropriation to make budgetary provision for the project.
He said: “That the Lagos-Calabar rail project was not in the budget does not in any way undermine the fact that it is a very important project for this nation to embark on.
“So, the National Assembly, the Senate is open if the executive brings a supplementary appropriation.
“We are ready and willing to consider such but the most important point to note is that we want to remain guided by the provisions of the Constitution.

“We are a democratic institution and whatever we do we remain guided by the grand norm of the country, which is the Constitution.

“I think if we do that, all the raging controversies will be off our back and we can all concentrate and put our energies to begin the process of implementing the 2016 budget.”
According to Sabi, the most important thing is for the budget to be signed to tackle unemployment, ensure empowerment of women and kick-start the social intervention programme, infrastructural programmes and agricultural programmes.
He assured Nigerians that upon signing of the budget, the National Assembly would carry out oversight functions to ensure adequate implementation.
Sabi assured Nigerians that the Assembly was committed to doing its work diligently while listening to their yearnings.
He urged the media to continue to assist the lawmakers in projecting the image of the legislature in positive light.
He said: “We have said times without number and I am repeating it now so that Nigerians will know we really mean business in the 8th Senate.
“I want to urge you to please help the Senate in projecting the truth about this institution.
“It is an institution and it goes beyond me standing here.
“It goes beyond any individual senator.
“Before us there were senators and after us there would be senators, but what is important is that we have a duty to respect the sanctity of the institution of the Senate and, of course, the National Assembly.
“I want to call on you to please keep up the good work and project what the National Assembly is doing correctly.
“The Senate is a listening Senate.
“We will always take cue and to learn from our mistakes so that we can improve.”

We Did Not Reject 2016 Budget – Presidency

Senator Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), said President Muhammmadu Buhari did not reject the 2016 budget as being speculated.

Enang told newsmen in Abuja on Monday that media reports alleging that the budget had been rejected were untrue.

He said that what Buhari did before travelling to China was to send the budget to ministries in order to get feedbacks that would inform his assent.

“The president received the budget and convened an emergency Federal Executive Council meeting. He gave each of the ministers, departments and agencies the opportunity to look at the details as submitted by the National Assembly. This is to enable him get opinion on the state of the budget to enable him take a decision. The exercise was conducted on Friday and it is ongoing by the different ministers and ministries,” he explained.

Enang said that currently, Buhari had not fouled the constitutional time frame to assent to the budget, adding that it should not be assumed that the budget had been rejected.

“The constitutional time frame for Mr President’s receiving and considering the budget began on Friday last week. The question has not arisen as to returning or otherwise. But, I want to say the best way we as liaison officers are handling this matter is to speak less and work more, creating interactions. So, we will raise more interactions, consultations, engagements. There is nothing for the country to worry about, because we do not want to have crisis between the Executive and the Legislature, and it would not arise; this is one government,” he said.