Lawan Reads Riot Act to MDAs as Senate Begins Budget Defence Tuesday
By Ogechi Okorie Abuja (Precise Post) – President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has called on all Ministers and Heads of Government Agencies to avail themselves of the window provided for defence of their respective budgets, particularly in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive. He warned that any ministry not able to defend its budget by the first week of November, should forget about it. This is also as he has informed that the upper chamber will next Tuesday suspend plenary after consideration of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to enable Committees commence defence of the 2021 budget estimates by Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government. Lawan made this known after the Senate passed for second reading the 2021 Appropriations Bill presently before the National Assembly. The Senate President, however, informed MDAs that the upper chamber’s deadline for budget Defence would not exceed the first week of November. “On Tuesday next week, we will be taking the debate on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). This will be the last function that we would do in plenary “We will …
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