{"id":64041,"date":"2020-09-29T16:31:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T15:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/?p=64041"},"modified":"2020-09-29T16:31:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T15:31:33","slug":"president-buhari-to-present-2021-budget-next-weekas-senate-confirms-receipt-of-pib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/president-buhari-to-present-2021-budget-next-weekas-senate-confirms-receipt-of-pib\/","title":{"rendered":"President Buhari to present 2021 budget next week\u2026As Senate confirms receipt of PIB"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari would next week present the 2021 budget estimates to a joint sitting of the National Assembly.
Lawan made this known on Tuesday during plenary in a speech delivered to welcome lawmakers back from the Senate\u2019s annual recess.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Senate President while commending the Joint Committee on Finance and National Planning for carrying out comprehensive legislative work on the 2020-2022 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper, stated that consideration of its report by the upper chamber would precede presentation of the 2021 budget estimates next week by the President.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cThe Joint committee will present it’s report to the Senate today for consideration. This is a precursor to the presentation of the 2021 Budget Estimates by the Executive Arm of Government soon. I am aware that the Executive will be presenting the 2021 Budget Estimates by next week,\u201d Lawan said.\u00a0
The Senate President also announced that the upper chamber will provide a one month window for Budget defense by Ministries, Departments and Agencies morning of government.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cLike last year, the month of October, 2020 will be dedicated for this exercise. Subsequent months of November and December will be dedicated to the internal processing of the Budget by NASS.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


“The various MDAs are therefore advised to ensure that they avail themselves the opportunity of the Budget defense window to appear with all the relevant and necessary information to defend their Budget Estimates,\u201d Lawan added.\u00a0
On the Petroleum Industry Bill, the Senate President said that the Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Petroleum Resources (Upstream) and Gas had preliminary engagements with the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other Stakeholders in the Oil and Gas industry, to discuss the critical piece of legislation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


According to him, \u201cthe PIB has been\u00a0 conveyed to the Senate for consideration.\u201d
Speaking on the revised 2020 Budget, Lawan who emphasized the need for both chambers to carry out oversights to ensure its proper implementation, stressed that same must be \u201ctargeted at addressing the specific challenges occasioned by COVID-19 Pandemic.\u201d
He added that, \u201cthe Senate needs to pay particular attention to the implementation of the Federal Government Economic Sustainability Plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cThe strategic Plan is an essential means of revamping our economy, as it provides interventions in the Mass Agricultural Programme, Infrastructure, Mass Housing Programme, Investments in Healthcare Infrastructure, amongst others.\u201d
Lawan while speaking on the ongoing Constitution Review exercise, said same will be expeditiously carried out by the upper chamber \u201cto improve the quality of governance and ensure stability in our polity.\u201d
He added that amendments to the Electoral Reform Amendment Bills will enhance free, fair, transparent and credible elections in our country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Lamenting the security situation in parts of the country, the Senate President who underscored the need to continously seek enduring measures to arrest the situation, pledged the support of the Senate to provide the necessary legislative intervention at all times to improve the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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