The measures, contained in a report submitted to the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, by the Senator Ali Ndume-led technical committee on reforming the budget process in Nigeria, proposed a budget calendar that will ensure that the President assents to the appropriations law by the third week of December
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The report, which was presented to the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, by the Leader of the Senate, Ali Ndume, recommended that annual budget be presented in the first week of September
President Muhammadu Buhari had last week sent a list of 46 non-career ambassadors to the Senate for screening and confirmation
Saraki disclosed this while opening the legislative hearing on the alleged repatriation of the funds by MTN in connivance with some Nigerian banks and individuals
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, made this known during plenary
Ibrahim Mantu’s son got married at the National Mosque, Abuja over the weekend
Saraki is contending in the appeal that he was not invited by the Code of Conduct Bureau to make Clarification on his asset declaration form before charges were filed against him at the tribunal
The motion was dismissed on Wednesday
The Adhoc Committee, chaired by Senator Shehu Sani from Kaduna State, is also to hold a public hearing to unravel the funds already committed to ameliorating the plight of the IDPs and how the fund is being expended by the agencies of government saddled with the responsibility
Saraki and Ekweremadu and two other officials of the Senate had been arraigned before a Federal High Court for forgery of the rules book
This was one of the resolutions of the Red Chamber sequel to the consideration of the motion on how to tackle the country’s economic crisis
The NEC made its position known after a meeting on Thursday in Abuja
Before the defection, made public on Thursday, Dariye was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party
Ekweremadu gave the advice during plenary when the Senate debated the way out of the country’s economic recession
At the resumption of the Senate from eight weeks annual break, Saraki, who supported Dangote’s position in his welcome address, said the only way out of the economic problem is let go of some national assets
Saraki said this at an interactive session with newsmen in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital
Saraki said this on Friday when he spoke with State House correspondents after observing the Jumat prayer with President Muhammadu Buhari in Aso Rock Villa, Abuja
Saraki’s statement was in response to the conclusion of the four-day visit by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), Dr. Chaloka Beyani. The Senate President indicated that he was encouraged to learn that the international community is beginning to pay more attention to the suffering in the North East
On Thursday, hundreds of women from camps in Borno State took to peaceful protest and barricaded the Maiduguri-Kano/Jos Road
The purpose of the visit was to collect information about the emergency relief, recovery and rehabilitation efforts in Borno State