The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation is set to have a special session with Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, and Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, over the 2016 budget.
The Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Abdulmumini Jibrin, made this known in Abuja on Thursday.
Jibrin said the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, the Accountant-General of the Federation and the Director General of Budget Office were also invited.
Jibrin explained that the meeting was part of efforts toward addressing grey areas about alleged infractions and padding of the 2016 budget observed during budget defence by Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
He, however, said reports of proposals so far received from House Standing Committees had been harmonised with the Senate.
He said: “We have agreed to engage the officials 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.”
Speaker Yakubu Dogara directed all standing committees to ensure they submitted and defended their MDAs’ budgets before end of Friday.
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas, said the House was working assiduously to ensure that the budget was passed before March 14.
“We are committed to ensuring that the budget is passed before the middle of March or before the Easter break,” Namdas said.
NAN.
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