BUDGET: BUHARI TO PRESENT 2021 BUDGET TO NASS NEXT WEEK
President Muhammadu Buhari will next week present the 2021 budget estimate before a joint session of the National Assembly.
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan disclosed this Tuesday in his welcome speech upon the Senate's resumption from its annual recess.
Galaxy's Godfrey Eshiemoghie reports that the Senate President who noted that the COVID-19 pandenmic had significantly impacted the shape of the 2021 budget says all MDAs have the month of October for the defense of their budget estimates.
Lawan said work on the review of the 1999 Constitution is on course, noting that the issue of the Electoral Act will rank among the top priority areas of the Committee spearheading the review.
The Senate President stated that the upper legislative chamber is concerned with the worsening state of insecurity in the country, stressing commitment to ensure the required intervention towards addressing the problems.
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