The 2018 Appropriation Bill has passed it second reading on Tuesday, December 5, 2017. The Bill has aleady been forwarded to the Committee on Appropriations and its various sub-committees for further consideration and budget defence by the various ministries.
the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki said: “We know that the timetable is very tight. We will be suspending plenary for us to be able to start the defense of this budget. Committee Chairmen and Members should please ensure that we keep to this timetable. Let
me respond with a general note of warning to all Heads of MDAs to ensure that they strictly respect the letters of invitation and the timetable. This is not time for excuses for Ministers or Heads of parastatals to be traveling and not be able to attend their budget defense. We do not have the time. This is a very short timeframe,
therefore, I expect all MDAs to be able to respect our invitation and be there on time so that the Committees can wrap up and be able to present their reports by the time we come back on Tuesday, the 19th of December”.
He further went on to say hat the Senate will be having a public hearing on the budget.
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