We’re Thirsty, Hungry To Recieve 2020 Appropriation Bill- Lawan

– President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawal said the 9th Assembly is hungry and thirsty to receive the 2020 budget Proposal

– The National Assembly will work so hard to ensure that the 2020 budget is passed before we go on Christmas break

– The Senate President said that the budget is one issue that the National Assembly will take very seriously

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has said that the National Assembly is hungry and thirsty to recieve the 2020 budget proposals.

Senator Lawan told reporters shortly on his arrival from a private visit to Morocco and Germany.

“I am aware that the executive arm of government is working assiduously to ensure that the appropriation bill for the year 2020 is presented to the National Assembly by the end of this month.

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“The National Assembly will work so hard to ensure that the 2020 budget is passed before we go on Christmas break,” Lawan said.

The Senate President said that the budget is one issue that the National Assembly will take very seriously to ensure that the undesirable trend of the budget is reversed.

“We believe this can be achieved, as doing so would make the economy better and predictable.

“We also think an early passage of the 2020 appropriations bill will have a desirable impact on Nigerians.

“We hope to take on the MTEF within the first legislative week. Our committee on Finance will be saddled with its first major responsibility that it works expeditiously on the Fiscal Strategy Paper/Medium Term Expenditure Framework’s request of the executive arm of government and thereafter the budget will come after that.”

The Senate President said the ninth National Assembly would work assiduously with the executive arm of government to improve the security situation of the country.

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The Senate, he added, will also evaluate the crisis that affected Nigerians living in South Africa.

“In the eighth Senate, we had an Ad-Hoc Committee that I was privileged to chair, to review the security architecture of the country. We are going to look into that report, and in addition, other contemporary issues that affect security in the country.

“We are also going to look into the crisis that affected Nigerians living in South Africa,”he said.