…Confirms receipt of MTEF from the Executive

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has disclosed that the National Assembly is eager to receive the 2020 budget proposals, Igbere TV reports.

The Senate President made this known while speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Friday, September 20th shortly after his arrival from a private visit abroad.

Igbere TV gathers that Lawan seized the advantage of the National Assembly current recess to travel on a private visit to Morocco and Germany.

He said; "We are hopeful and optimistic, as well as hungry and thirsty, to receive the 2020 appropriations bill."

"I am aware that the executive arm of government is working assiduously to ensure that the appropriation bill for the year 2020 is presented to the National Assembly by the end of this month.

“The National Assembly will work so hard to ensure that the 2020 budget is passed before we go on Christmas break," Lawan said.

The Senate President said budget is one issue that the National Assembly will take head-on to ensure that the undesirable trend of the budget is reversed.

“We believe this can be achieved, as doing so would make the economy better and predictable.

"We also think an early passage of the 2020 appropriations bill will have a desirable impact on Nigerians,” Lawan said.

Lawan also disclosed that the executive has forwarded to the Senate the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) which will be considered when the Senate is back from its recess next week.

“We hope to take on the MTEF within the first legislative week. Our committee on Finance will be saddled with its first major responsibility that it works expeditiously on the Fiscal Strategy Paper/Medium Term Expenditure Framework’s request of the executive arm of government and thereafter the budget will come after that.”

The Senate President said the ninth National Assembly would work assiduously with the executive arm of government to improve the security situation of the country.

The Senate, he added, will also evaluate the crisis that affected Nigerians living in South Africa.

“In the eighth Senate, we had an Ad-Hoc Committee that I was privileged to chair, to review the security architecture of the country. We are going to look into that report, and in addition, other contemporary issues that affect security in the country.

“We are also going to look into the crisis that affected Nigerians living in South Africa.

"You recall that this issue was reviewed before we went on recess. The Senate felt as an institution that our citizens’ diplomacy must be protected where ever they go in the world.

“The government must be there for them, and I’m happy that after the xenophobic crisis, the Federal Government was able to take a position.

“We need to be much more resolute, whatever the situation is; our citizens must be protected. If someone runs afoul of the laws of a country, there are processes and procedures on how such a person can be prosecuted.

“Therefore, we must try to protect our citizens. I also think we must be proactive to tell our citizens that if they choose to live in any country, they must ensure to stay within the limit of the laws of that country, just as we expect of foreigners in ours,” Lawan stated.

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Ok

Hungry To Loot

APC and Scam...
I'm thirsty and hungry to see a better Nigeria free of scammers like you.

Yinmu. What happened to all the ones before it?absolutely nothing. Very useless satanic government

National stealing of the national budget, we all know the plan.

Talk is cheap! When it comes now, you Start stories



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So that you guys can arrange how to steal the funds now... It's not a new thing.... But one thing is certain... You guys will die in that hunger for public funds.

Stupid wicked self centered politicians

Literarily, if u knw u r hungry and thirsty go to aso rock restaurant or u call ur wify@OM

just see this thief

rubber stamp bastard

Looting continue

Ok. Fingers crossed.

Programmed brains aka rubber stamp legislooters.

May thunder....

God save Nigeria.

Ehen now, we all know the type of hunger/thirst u mean.

Budget padding loading....

criminals

Olodo president and Olodo senate president........... V.p is intelligent but tied

A sensible Nigerian should picture when Qatar says they are hungry to receive budget vs Nigeria assembly.

Rubber stamp.

Lol

Senator Lawan, get out jare.....

Hungry to pad

una wan still thief this one? this one when budget never show una don dey hungry n thirsty so

Hopeless country!!

W

To stamp it as usual
Does budget add any value to the lives of Nigerians? Nonsense!

My able SP.
Its not going to be business as usual. A reasonable budget should be passed before the beginning of 2020.

Buhari is working, Nigeria will be great again.