The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday asked President Bola Tinubu to restrict Ministers and Heads of Ministries Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government from travelling outside the country during the period of budget defence.
Akpabio made the demand at the presentation of the 2024 appropriation bill, specifically requesting that President Tinubu mandate all ministers and heads of federal government agencies to avoid travels that would prevent them from appearing before the federal lawmakers to defend their budget estimates.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu while presenting 2024 budget which stands at twenty-seven point five trillion naira to the joint National Assembly on Wednesday, expressed his desire for the 2024 Appropriation Act to come into effect on January 1, 2024.
Speaking on the Appropriation Bill which is christened the ‘Budget of Renewed Hope’, President Tinubu said he is confident that the National Assembly will continue to work closely with the Federal Government to ensure that deliberations on the 2024 Budget are thorough.
“I am confident that the National Assembly will continue to work closely with us to ensure that deliberations on the 2024 Budget are thorough but also concluded with reasonable dispatch. Our goal is for the Appropriation Act to come into effect on the 1st of January 2024,” he said.
The President said the ‘Budget Of Renewed Hope’ will ensure micro-economic stability, poverty reduction, greater access to social security, amongst others.
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