THE National Assembly will, all things being equal, pass
the long-awaited 2016 Appropriation Budget of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
totaling N6.08 trillion on March 17.
The
Chairman of the Committee on Appropriation in the House of Representatives,
Abdulmumini Jibrin, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja stating that the
Appropriation Committees of both the chambers of the National Assembly had
received the reports of budget defences of various ministries, parastatals,
departments, and agencies from all its standing committees.
Jubrin
added that the Senate and the House of Representatives will accordingly
harmonize the parallel accounts towards arriving at a consensus as well as
ensuring that the budgets are practicable, economically viable and with no
element of controversies.
“We can confirm to you that all things being equal we
should be able to lay our report of 2016 Appropriation Bill before the House
and the Senate before the 16th of March 2016. “And of course the consideration
should be done on 17th of March 2017.
“So it is safe for us to conclude that the 2016
Appropriation Bill will be passed on the 17th of March 2016’’, Jubrin said.
Speaking further, the Committee chairman noted the
committee is expected to meet with the Ministers of Finance, Budget and
National Planning, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN,
Accountant-General of the Federation as well as the Director-General of the
Budget Office in view of addressing inconsistencies and controversies so as to
have a perfect job at the end.
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