Opeyemi Bamidele, the Senate Leader, announced that the National Assembly plans to approve the 2024 Appropriation Bill on December 30 to maintain the January-December budget schedule.
Speaking in Iyin-Ekiti, Ekiti State during a meeting with journalists on Monday, he mentioned that all federal lawmakers will need to shorten their holidays to ensure the swift passage of the 2024 Appropriation Bill.
He said, “To ensure the passage of the budget, we abridged time to make all ministries, departments and agencies appear before the joint sitting of all the relevant committees of both the Senate and House of Representatives.
“This has already reduced the time for the budget defence process by half rather than appearing before the Senate first and House of Representatives later. The resolution has also removed the need for harmonisation. In essence, we have been able to save time.
“We have also been sitting beyond our regular sitting days. We have sat on Saturdays. We may even sit on Sunday as we are approaching another year. We only gave ourselves three days to go home and celebrate Christmas.
“We are reconvening on December 29. Our hope and determination is to pass by December 30. On January 1, 2024, Mr President will have the 2024 Appropriation Bill on his desk for assent so that its implementation can take off in earnest.”
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