John Ameh, Leke Baiyewu and Mudiaga Affe
The planned passage of the 2018 Appropriation Bill on Tuesday by the National Assembly is now uncertain, SUNDAY PUNCH learnt on Saturday.
The National Assembly had set April 24 for the passage of the national budget.
Ahead of the date, the joint Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives were expected to present the report on the budget in the two chambers on April 19 (Wednesday last week).
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, had, on March 21, 2018, said, “The consideration and passage of the budget will be on April 24. The committees will submit their report on April 19. This will be a harmonised report.”
The N8.612tn budget has been held up at the National Assembly since November 7, 2017, when President Muhammadu Buhari presented the estimates to a joint session of the…
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