President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he is looking forward to a mutual and effective working relationship with the 9th National Assembly.
He said this in Daura while having an audience with his old school mates, who came to congratulate him on his re-election for a second term.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement, said Buhari recounted how the delay in the passage of budgets hindered timely execution of projects across the country.
He said he looks forward to an improved budgetary process and restoring the country to the January-December fiscal cycle.
With the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the presidential election and majority seats in the 9th Senate, the president expressed confidence that more work would be done to improve the efficiency of the budgetary process.
The president told his classmates in the 1953 set of Katsina Middle School, Daura, led by Senator Abba Ali, that it was on record that the 2018 budget proposals submitted to the National Assembly on November 7, 2017, was passed after seven months.
President Buhari assured his classmates that the executive arm of government, under his watch, would strive towards effective implementation of national budgets while promoting transparency and accountability.
He thanked his old school colleagues for the ‘reunion,’ commending their interest and useful suggestions on advancing Nigeria’s prosperity and stability.
In his remarks, Senator Ali, said the majority of Nigerians believe in his purposeful leadership and resoundingly renewed his mandate.
He wished the president more success in his second-term, noting that the country would benefit more when the executive and legislative branches of government work in unison on national interests.
