The house of
representatives says the 2018 appropriation bill will be passed next week.
Abdulrazak Namdas, spokesman of the house, announced this while
briefing national assembly correspondents on Thursday.
He said the budget would be laid before the lawmakers on Tuesday
and passed within the week.
“By next week, everything about the budget will be treated and
passed,” he said.
Both chambers of the national assembly had promised to pass the
N8.6 trillion budget on April 24 but failed to do so
The lawmakers had earlier complained that the government ministries, agencies and departments were frustrating their
efforts to pass the budget in time.
Namdas however, did not give reasons as to the delay in the passage.
He also said the lawmakers were yet to shut down for three
legislative days to protest the killings in the country because they are
waiting for the budget to be passed first.
He said the shut down may not be done for three consecutive days.
The house had resolved to not hold plenary for three days as a way
of lending its voice to the incessant killings in the country.
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