The National Assembly has said it is ready to receive the 2020 Appropriation Bill for consideration and passage.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, made the declaration at a stakeholders’ roundtable on the 2020 budget in Abuja on Tuesday.
Gbajabiamila, who was represented on the occasion by the Deputy Speaker, Idris Wase, said, “We are ready to receive the budget on or before the September 30, and to conclude legislative action on the budget before December 31, 2019, so that we can return to January-December cycle.”
The Speaker said the House was committed to reforming the key financial and industrial sectors to ensure that the government lived up to its responsibilities. Read more
