President Buhari confers national honour on Senate President Lawan
Eko Hot Blog reports that the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has disclosed that the National Assembly will pass the 2023 Appropriation Bill into law before the end of December.
He made the assurance at a reception organised in his honour as a recipient of the national honour award of Grand Commander of the Order of Niger (GCON).
President Muhammadu Buhari had on Friday presented the budget before a joint session of the National Assembly.
The budget is tagged “Budget of Fiscal Sustainability and Transition”.
Lawan noted that the Senate would begin debate on the N20.5 trillion budget on Wednesday.
“Tomorrow we will start the debate on the 2023 appropriation bill. Like we did before for the three previous sessions, we are going to pass it before the end of December,” he said.
“We are purposeful and we are focused. It’s not for nothing that the presidency decided to give us 12 honours.
“They know our contribution to not only the administration of good governance but also the stability of the polity.
“I strongly believe that the national assembly of today has provided so much input into political stability in Nigeria because our records are there.
“People can look at what we have done and also those things that we didn’t do. I believe that our colleagues in the 9th senate worked so hard.”
Quizzed on the low number of female senators, Lawan said he could not say the reason for that situation but noted that women have the capacity to be legislators.
“We don’t know why the number is small but they have capacity. These are very experienced legislators. We wish to see more female legislators. It is only logical that you get more or half of the population than we have today,” he said.
On the national honour, Lawan disclosed that it was a special day for the National Assembly.
“The number of recipients from the Senate this time is the highest. Every senator deserves the award,” the senate president added.
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