He made the allegation in a letter read by the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, during Tuesday’s plenary in Abuja.
The President also accused the lawmakers of approving repayment to 21 states as against the 25 approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC).
He revealed that the total amount approved by the FEC was N487.84 billion for 25 states, but the National Assembly approved N488.7 billion for 21 states saying the figure was higher than that of the FEC and decried the exclusion of Kogi, Bauchi, Delta and Taraba states.
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The letter stated further that the process of approval by FEC was in accordance with the Public Procurement Act of 2007 and done to the satisfaction of the Bureau of Public Enterprises.
He, thereafter, asked for a review of the conditions that led to the exclusion of the four states and the details relating to the amounts approved by the National Assembly for the individual states involved.
The President, however, in his letter said the Federal Government would proceed with the implementation of the approvals on some basis.
Similarly, Senate President Saraki read a letter from the President on the Presentation of 2019 Appropriation Bill to a Joint Session of the National Assembly on Wednesday.
The lawmakers adopted a motion to sit in a joint session with the House of Representatives tomorrow for the presentation of the budget proposal.
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