Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, has said that the 2020 Bidget will be passed before the end of the year, calling on all concerned to defend their budget.
He said this in a statement by Ola Awoniyi, his Special Adviser on Media, during the unveiling of the Legislative Agenda of the House of Representatives, stating that the legislators won’t allow anyone to frustrate their desire to pass the budget (2020), before the end of 2019.
“The National Assembly will do the right thing; which is to work on the budget and pass it”.
“We will not allow anyone to frustrate our desire to pass the 2020 Budget before the end of this year. So, it is an opportunity for all those concerned with defending their budgets, to take the advantage”, he said.
He added that the Senate next week will suspend plenary inorder to consider (consideration) the budget defence by MDA’s.
“One thing that we have collectively decided in the National Assembly is to pass the budget 2020 before the end of the year.
“Already, the House has suspended plenary; the Senate will do same on Tuesday next week for the consideration of budget defence by Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government.
“Only the window of October is available for budget defence. Any Minister or Head of Agency who decides to travel out of Nigeria, without defending his or her respective budget would have no opportunity to do so”, he said in conclusion.
