The Senate President, Bukola
Saraki has given the Senate’s Appropriations committee until Thursday to submit
the 2019 budget report.
Speaking on the floor of the
chambers on Tuesday, Saraki said the budget report must be presented on
Thursday, April 11, ahead of the April 16 approval of the money bill.
The Vice Chairman of the
Appropriations committee, Sunny Ogbuoji informed the senate that only 24 out of
61 sub-committees had submitted their reports.
Reacting to Ogbuoji’s comment,
Saraki said the Appropriations committee will be forced to use Executive
submissions if the sub-committees fail to present their reports to the
committee.
According to the Senate
President: “It is unfortunate that only 24 committees have submitted their
reports. Last week, we all took a decision here that we are not going to waiver
on our position. Our position is very clear: that all committees should submit
(their budget reports). And those that don’t submit, then the Appropriations
Committee should use the Executive submission.
“That position is still where we
are. And I want to appeal to all our committees that you really have just till
tomorrow (Wednesday) to make sure that your reports get to the Appropriations
Committee because Thursday, you must lay this report.
“Vice Chairman of Appropriations
Committee, if you don’t get report from our committees by tomorrow (Wednesday),
then you just use the submission of the Executive. But come Thursday, you must
lay that report.”
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