President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted the 2019 Medium Term Framework Expenditure to the National Assembly for consideration.This was made known by the Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan, while briefing newsmen ahead of the scheduled resumption of the Senate on September 24.Lawan added that National Assembly will look at the FSP/MTEF document immediately the Senate resumes next week Tuesday. Lawan said: “I have been informed that the executive arm of government has sent the request for the MTEF to the Senate, and I’m sure that will be the first thing that would be looked into when we resume next week. ” We hope to take on the MTEF within the first legislative week. “Our committee on finance will be saddled with its first major responsibility, that it works expeditiously on the FSP/MTEF request of the executive arm of government, and thereafter the budget will come after that.”
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