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February 17, 2019
The National Assembly has condemned the postponementof the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission,stating that passage of the 2019 Appropriation Bill and the New Minimum WageBill will suffer further delay.
The Chairman of the House Committee on Media andPublic Affairs, Abdulrazak Namdas, lamented that the postponement had more implicationsbeyond the elections.
He said one of the implications was that theNational Assembly, which is billed to resume plenary on Tuesday to work on thenational budget and the wage bill, among others, would be forced to extend itsrecess.
Namdas noted that they are having Budget 2019 beforethem, the postponement will have a multiplier effect.