NEXT weeks’ deadline given by the Senate to pass the Budget 2017 at the National Assembly and transmit the document to the Executive for President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent may not feasible after all.
Senate Leader Ahmed Lawan said yesterday that the National Assembly would ensure that the budget is ready for next week, but the House of Representatives said it might take another two weeks to get N7.28 trillion Budget of Recovery and Growth to be ready.
Speaking with reporters at the State House after meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Lawan explained that the Senate could not pass the budget in March as intended due to some parameters beyond its control.
But it was a different story at the Green Chamber where House reiterated its stand on the passage of the 2017 Appropriation Bill.
The lower chamber said it would take another two week.
Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazaq Namdas said the House has not changed its earlier decision, demanding for the release of the budget-related documents.
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