The Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Yakubu Dogara issued a stern warning to
committees yet to submit their budget report to do so
within 24 hours or risk zero allocation to all the MDAs they
represent. Of all the 97 committees, only 15 had submitted
their budget report to the Committee on Appproriation.
In a communication from the Appropriations Committee
read at the opening of the Thursday plenary session, the
speaker directed chairmen of all the standing Committees
to submit and defend their MDAs budget within 24 hours or
risk zero budget for 2016.

Considering the enormous work before the committee on
appropriation, its chairman Abdulmumin Jibrin informed all
the members that the last session of the budget defence
for Friday, 25th February scheduled to commence at
10amnwould start by 8pm.

While giving update on the presentation of the 2016 budget
so far, Abdulmumin Jibrin, chairman house committee on
appropriations confirmed that the budget
proposals of the MDAs being presented by all the standing
Committee have been harmonised with their Senate
counterparts.

“Since by tomorrow we will finish taking the reports, we have
agreed that we will invite the Minister of Budge and Planning,
Minister of Finance, the Accountant General of the Federation,
the Director of Budget Office and Central Bank Governor and
engage them extensively on the entire budget.
“We also have pending issues on the 2015 budget, so they
have to come with 2015 budget performance and then we will
go into special session,” Jibrin
stated.

He also directed the Clerk of the Committee to liaise with
the office of the Clerk of the House to access the
members’ database for easy dispatch of message to all
the 360 members and various Committees on the 25th
February deadline for final submission and consideration of
the MDAs’ budget.

Meanwhile, the speaker of House of Representatives,
Yakubu Dogara has assured Nigerians that the
implementable 2016 budget will begin by March ending.
Dogara who gave the assurance on Thursday, February 25,
when he received the Nigerian association of chambers of
commerce, industry, mines and agriculture in his office in
Abuja, however admitted that the budget has some
imperfections.

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Are they working at all?
Only 15 out of 97 committees had submitted their budgets verification.
What are they ranting?
Lazy legislators!!!!