The report 2017 budget was on Tuesday laid by the Chairman of Appropriation Committee, Senator Danjuma Goje.
Goje laid the appropriation report at the senate thhis morning and it was seconded by Senator Sonni Ogbuoji.
Sp @bukolasaraki says this is the first time the appropriation bill will be presented with details, soft copies will be given today
— The Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate) May 9, 2017
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Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki congratulates the Budget committee, informs the chamber that Printed copies to be out Wednesday.
Recall the federal government yesterday met with the leadership of the Senate and House of Representatives to evolve budgetary allocation measures to settle unpaid salaries, owed allowances and pension arrears of workers in the country.
The minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; his Labour and Employment counterpart, Chris Ngige; the director general of Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, and the chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, met behind closed doors in the conference hall of the Senate President.
It was gathered that the meeting became necessary to consider some vital financial requirements and include them in the budget before it is finally passed, the meeting reportedly was the reason the budget wasn’t passed yesterday.