We'll get 2017 budget passed in 2016: FG

The federal government says it wants the 2017 budget passed into law in 2016, following the federal executive council’s approval of the timetable for the 2017 budget.

At the executive council meeting presided by President Muhammadu Buhari, Udo Udoma, minister for budget and national planning, said work was still ongoing with the 2016 budget.