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The House of Representatives has warned that any Ministries, Departments and Agencies MDAs that failed to implement the 2021 budget will be turned back from the defence of their 2022 budgets and may not get their appropriations.

The spokesman of the house, Benjamin Kalu made this known at a news conference, in Abuja, after the 2022 budget passed second reading on the floor of the house.

Kalu said that the house frowns at MDAs that took monies from government and failed to implement what it was meant for, adding that the house was determined to change the narrative.

The lawmaker said that the house would also be on the look for MDAs that ignored resolutions of the house in their budget preparation, because as representatives of the people house had moved several motion meant to be implemented by the MDAs, but were not reflected in the budget.

Kalu announced that the house had adjourned to Nov. 9 to allow us consider the budget at the committee level.