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Abubakar Abubakar
March 20, 2019
The Senate has resumed the consideration of thegeneral principles of the 2019 Appropriation Bill with more knocks on thebudget.
The upper chamber slated the passage of the 8.83trillion naira budget estimates for next month.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, after theconclusion of the debate of the general principles of the fiscal document, gavethe Appropriation Committee where the budget proposal was referred to, twoweeks to turn in its report for consideration and passage.
The upper chamber resolved to ignore heads of Ministries,Departments and Agencies MDAs, who may fail to appear before the sub-committeesto defend their budget proposals.
Sub-committees were mandated to adopt the proposalsas submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to a joint session of the NationalAssembly at the event that any MDA failed to appear before them.
The lawmakers resolved, like it was the case in thepast, not to run after heads of MDAs who may refuse to appear before thesub-committees to defend their budget proposals and estimates.
Saraki gave the Appropriation Committee April 2,to submit its report for the consideration of the Senate.