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Former President visits Buhari in Aso Rock villa yesterday[/caption]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that his visit to Presidential Villa on Thursday was primarily to share his experience with President Muhammadu Buhari.
Obasanjo, who arrived the Villa at 12:13pm in a tinted black Tayota Jeep marked ABJ 425 PY, exchanged pleasantries with journalists as he dismissed claim that he signed appropriation bills into law without sighting the details under his tenure.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari insisted on receiving the details of the 2016 Budget before signing the bill into law, some members of the House of Representatives had claimed that Obasanjo and the late former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua signed appropriation bills into law without receiving the budget details.
Fielding questions from State House correspondents after meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Obasanjo dismissed the claim.
He replied the question with: “Eh en? I signed budget without details? Anybody who told you that, go and ask him again.”
Asked to speak on the 2016 Budget, he said: “Before I will be able to tell you something about the budget, I have to read it and know what it contains and know what to talk about.
On the purpose of visit to the Villa, he said: “You know that not too long ago, I was out there. I have come to share some of my experiences with him.
When asked to speak on the experiences, he said: “Ha! Ha! If I say I shared experiences with my wife, you will ask me wetin I talk with my wife?”
Former President visits Buhari in Aso Rock villa yesterday[/caption]Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that his visit to Presidential Villa on Thursday was primarily to share his experience with President Muhammadu Buhari.
Obasanjo, who arrived the Villa at 12:13pm in a tinted black Tayota Jeep marked ABJ 425 PY, exchanged pleasantries with journalists as he dismissed claim that he signed appropriation bills into law without sighting the details under his tenure.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari insisted on receiving the details of the 2016 Budget before signing the bill into law, some members of the House of Representatives had claimed that Obasanjo and the late former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua signed appropriation bills into law without receiving the budget details.
Fielding questions from State House correspondents after meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Obasanjo dismissed the claim.
He replied the question with: “Eh en? I signed budget without details? Anybody who told you that, go and ask him again.”
Asked to speak on the 2016 Budget, he said: “Before I will be able to tell you something about the budget, I have to read it and know what it contains and know what to talk about.
On the purpose of visit to the Villa, he said: “You know that not too long ago, I was out there. I have come to share some of my experiences with him.
When asked to speak on the experiences, he said: “Ha! Ha! If I say I shared experiences with my wife, you will ask me wetin I talk with my wife?”
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