The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan on Friday said the Senate would give priority debate to the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and the Fiscal Strategy Paper(FSP), when it resumes for plenary on Sept. 24.<\/p>\n
NAN reports that Lawan, who made this known to journalists in Abuja, said information at his disposal indicated that the Senate had received the MTEF and the FSP from the Executive arm of government.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have been informed that the executive arm of government has sent request for the MTEF to the senate and we hope to take the MTEF within the first legislative week.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is the first thing we will do and of course the committee on finance will be saddled with its first assignment to ensure that it works judiciously on the MTEF and FSP report, before the budget estimates will come,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He also said the senate would ensure that the security situation in the country improves.<\/p>\n
This, it said would be done with the support of the Executive.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the 8th Senate, we had an ad-hoc committee that i was privileged to chair, to review the security architecture of the country.<\/p>\n
\u201d We are going to look into that report, and of course in addition, other contemporary issues that affect security in the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are also going to look into the crisis that affected Nigerians living in South Africa.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou recall that this issue was reviewed before we went on recess.<\/p>\n
\u201d The senate felt as an institution that our citizens\u2019 diplomacy must be protected where ever they go in the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe government must be there for them, and I\u2019m happy that after the xenophobic crisis, the Federal Government was able to take a position.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to be much more resolute, whatever the situation is; our citizens must be protected.<\/p>\n
\u201dIf someone runs foul of the laws of a country, there are processes and procedures on how such a person can be prosecuted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He added that the senate was ready to receive the 2020 Budget proposal from the Executive.<\/p>\n
\u201dWe are hopeful and optimistic, as well as hungry and thirsty, to receive the 2020 appropriations bill.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan on Friday said the Senate would give priority debate to the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and the Fiscal Strategy Paper(FSP), when it resumes for plenary on Sept. 24. NAN reports that Lawan, who made this known to journalists in Abuja, said information at his disposal indicated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":8611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[648,176,702],"class_list":["post-15736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-lawan","tag-nan","tag-senate-president"],"yoast_head":"\n