Senate President  BukolaSaraki says the National Assembly is guiding against padding of the 2017 appropriation bill.

Saraki stated this after a closed-door meeting with acting president Yemi Osinbajo at the presidential villa, Abuja, on Tuesday.

He said work is in progress with the bill as government ministeries and agencies are already defending their budgets before relevant committeess of the National Assembly.

The Senate President said the meeting was part of consultaions and briefing of the acting president on the National Assembly's efforts to turn-in a clean budget devoid of padding controversy and also to get the economic team’s brief on their planned roadshow over possibilities of raising neccessary euro bond.

Saraki however, declined comments on the pending appointment of  Justice WalterOnnoghen as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria.