As National Assembly resumes plenary tomorrow after its seven weeks recess, the presidency
has concluded plans to present the 2018 budget to a joint session of Senate and
House of Representatives
very soon.
Making this disclosure to according to AUTHORITY yesterday, Special Assistant to the
President on National Assembly matters, Sen Solomon Ita Enang, said that
President Muhammadu Buhari has concluded plans to present the 2018 budget in
the early part of next month to enable the lawmakers pass the appropriation
Bill before the end of this fiscal year.
Presidency, he noted, would prior to the budget presentation, lay before the
two chambers of the National Assembly, request for virement to enable the
Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) complete their priority projects.
Ita Enang added that the presidency would also saddle the lawmakers with request
for approval of foreign loans to enable the administration complete it’s
essential projects.
He said: “We think that we will lay before the National Assembly, request
for virement to enable us do certain priority projects; we will also place
before them request for approval for loan, we are also going to lay before them
request for approval of 2018 appropriations.”
The Presidency, he noted, has a number of appointments lined up for confirmation
and would present them for confirmation as soon as National Assembly resumes
sittings.
“There are also several requests for confirmation of appointments of
chairman and directors of the board of the Central Bank of Nigeria; the
chairman of the board of Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC),
Managing director and Executive director of Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation
(NDIC); the appointments of members of the board of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC)-am not talking of the Chairman of the EFCC but
members of the board-, then the members of the board of the Niger Delta
Development Commission (NDDC), and several others.
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