The Senate Joint Committee on Finance and Appropriations had on October 3 frowned at the poor implementation of the 2017 budget, describing as “unacceptable the release of less than 15 per cent of the N2.177 trillion voted for capital projects in the 2017 budget’’.
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The motion to refer the loan to the appropriate committee was moved by Senate Leader, Senator Ahamad Lawan.
This was made known after the closed door session between the Senate leadership and World Bank officials at the National Assembly in Abuja
Based on the pronouncement of the Senate, the 2016 Budget ceases to be effective on May 5, 2017
He said this while addressing State House correspondents on Thursday in Abuja after he paid a visit to Buhari
Sources told The Eagle Online that Buhari intervened after the Leader of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, met with him on the issue on Thursday
The Senate also scheduled valedictory session for the departed Senator for Wednesday
The delegation, according to informed sources, visited Saraki in his Abuja home on Thursday night
Saraki had last week led a delegation made up of the Senate Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, to a meeting with Buhari at the Abuja House in London
The President made his feelings known on his Twitter handle, @MBuhari, on Wednesday night
Saraki, who led a team of National Assembly leaders to visit President Buhari in London, said at the end of the visit: “There is no cause for alarm”
According to photographs posted on his Twitter handle, President Buhari welcomed the National Assembly leaders to the Abuja House in London at about 8:30pm
The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday evening (today)
Lawan stated this on Saturday in Nguru, Yobe State, while answering questions from newsmen
Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, Lawan said he briefed the acting President on the progress made so far by the Upper Chamber in the consideration of the 2017 Appropriation bill at the National Assembly
The advice followed a point of order raised by the Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, at plenary
Lawan made this known on Thursday in Abuja when he addressed newsmen
Lawan, who made the call at plenary on Thursday, also urged them to work in a bi-partisan manner in the interest of all Nigerians
Saraki on Tuesday announced that the All Progressives Congress caucus in the Senate in a letter to the Senate leadership had replaced Ndume with Senator Ahmed Lawan
Marafa told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja that it was the prerogative of the political party to appoint or reject any principal officer as contained in Senate’s Standing Rules