The House of Representatives has directed the standing Committees on Finance, Aviation, Army, Science and Technology, Commerce, Solid Minerals, Health Services, Health Institutions, Works and Basic Education to submit their budget defence report to the Committee on Appropriation latest by Thursday.
Also affected by the directive are Committees on National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Agriculture, Labour and Employment, Tertiary Education, Poverty Alleviation, Gas Resources, amongst others.
Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, who gave the order at the resumed plenary of the Green Chamber on Tuesday, instructed the committees to use the two days’ grace to tidy up their budget defence report.
The House had on Tuesday adjourned plenary to November 24, 2020, to enable lawmakers to have adequate time to hold budget defence sessions with Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
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BusinessDay had reported that the timetable for budget defence slated the submission and defence of budget reports to the Appropriations Committee between 11th and 18th November.
Also at the commencement of the plenary, the House honoured the deceased newspaper vendor, Ifeanyi Okereke, who was last Thursday killed by a security aide attached to the speaker’s convoy.
The honour followed the invitation of leaders of the Abuja Newspapers Distributors Association (ANDA) and the Newspapers Vendors Association, Abuja (NVAA) by the Gbajabiamila to the House.
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