The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has said that the Senate would commence review of the 2017 Budget implementation by first week of October.
He made this known in his speech at the resumption of plenary from the 2017 annual recess of the National Assembly on Tuesday.
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Saraki said the move was necessary to know how the budget had affected the lives of Nigerians in terms of infrastructure development and other areas of life.
According to him, the senate will expect the Ministers of Finance and Budget Planning to brief it on the level of implementation of the budget.
“Nigerians want to see a more significant improvement in the level of implementation of the budget this financial year, ‘’he said.
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He called on standing committees of the Senate to begin the process of putting together their oversight plans for a close and proper review of the performance of the 2017 Budget