Senators Put Under Pressure By Tinubu Presidency To Pass 2024 Budget Without Scrutiny –Source

Despite reports indicating that the National Assembly would pass the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N27.5tn on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, senators are yet to get a copy of the budget for scrutiny, SaharaReporters has reliably gathered.

SaharaReporters earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu last Wednesday presented to a joint session of the National Assembly the 2024 Budget, which he christened, ‘Budget of Renewed Hope’.

However, last Friday both the Senate and the House of Representatives passed the budget for a second reading.

Speaking during the plenary session, the Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, hinted that the budget might be passed by the lawmakers on December 19 before embarking on their Christmas and New Year break.

Despite senators applauding President Bola Tinubu for his good intentions for the country, however, many of them decried the failure of the executive to provide the details of the budget.

The budget was passed for a second reading and referred to the Committee on Appropriations after being put to a voice vote by Barau, who presided over the session.

“The budget is hereby referred to the Committee on Appropriations and the committee is mandated to submit the report to this chamber on December 19,” Barau stated.

SaharaReporters, however, gathered on Tuesday that despite that the budget was referred to the Committee on Appropriation, copies of the budget had not been made available to senators for adequate scrutiny.

The source told SaharaReporters that the senators were being put under pressure by the presidency to pass the budget even though details had not been made available.

"The National Assembly is expected to pass the budget before 31 December. But till now, the senators don’t have a copy of the budget for scrutiny. They are under pressure to pass the budget even without details available," a Senator told SaharaReporters.

The Senator, who spoke on condition of anonymity, asked how the senators were expected to pass a national budget without having the necessary details.

"We don't know whether so many things are padded in the budget. Making a copy of the budget available to senators would allow them to look into all the sectors and make informed contributions during the debate. It will even afford us the opportunity to know how it affects different senatorial districts," the senator added.

https://saharareporters.com/2023/12/05/senators-put-under-pressure-tinubu-presidency-pass-2024-budget-without-scrutiny-source

Wahala

It's surprising how a city boy run govt can be so rudderless, uncoordinated and inefficient almost worse than Buhari's

So far the only details I've found about this budget, which is abysmally small, so I'd keep searching.
https://businessday.ng/opinion/article/budget-2024-small-but-will-it-unlock-prosperity/

Wahala ....wahala ...

Me and my goons on our way to the national assembly to scatter their session ....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex__6LcJr8E

Something wey Dem don pass already.

On a serious note, since 1999 I have never seen a President that believe in cutting corners in virtually everything than this present one.

This is Nigeria's first real street agbero president.

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Senators Put Under Pressure By Tinubu Presidency To Pass 2024 Budget Without Scrutiny –Source


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Pressure is good. Pressure makes diamonds.
God bless Nigeria for ever!Check my signature for free stuffs!

Hmmm

No Be Small Thing ooooo

Empty budget

This is what you get when people who doesn't do know what they are doing I in charge of governance

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How typical. What else do you expect when they have all been bought with ill-gotten gains.

Now they expect to scrutinize what? I laugh

fasterwell:
This is what you get when people who doesn't know what they are doing are in charge of governance

. If they actually had plans for the nation and made budget according to their plans then why are they scared of providing details of their budgets to the national Assembly and to the entire nation?

This is the first budget the current government is presenting and if you ask me this is their opportunity to recover part of the money they spend to capture power.

Nigeria is finished

Total number of senators is 109.

APC has 59.

Remaining 50 are in the opposition. If this news is true, we should be able to get at least 1 opposition senator to tell us the truth.

Sahara shd chill, if there is a lie, it would reveal itself.

Buhari finished Nigeria,this Tinubu government would finish Nigeria completely.

na thunder go fire those people that is delaying the approval.una elect thieves but now una want to check rubbish.someone should give me stamp make I stamp everything

All are thief's and also pro pro pro buhari pro-max in the system 😢
May thunder fire Pit Obi for not winning this election because we need him most for the job 😂

Dammmn