President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, responded swiftly to the rejection of his 2013 Budget Amendment Bill by the House of Representatives by asking the lawmakers to restore N72.2 billion they had slashed from the proposed legislation he sent to the National Assembly last March.
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In another letter he wrote to the Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, President Jonathan had specified the sections of the fiscal document he wanted amended.
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He identified the affected federal ministries as Works, from which N25.45 billion was slashed; Health, N3.77 billion; Power, N16.3 billion; Transport, N3.1 billion; Education, N5.6 billion and Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE- P, N18 billion.
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He also listed the affected projects under the Works Ministry to include construction of Abuja Lokoja Expressway, reduced by four billion naira.