{"id":30861,"date":"2020-10-07T19:10:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T19:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=30861"},"modified":"2020-10-07T19:10:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T19:10:34","slug":"budget-presentation-senate-reduces-buharis-entourage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/budget-presentation-senate-reduces-buharis-entourage","title":{"rendered":"Budget presentation: Senate reduces Buhari\u2019s entourage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The Senate said on Wednesday that only those involved in budget preparation would accompany the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to the National Assembly on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The President is expected to present the 2021 national budget estimates to the joint session of the federal parliament on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, told his colleagues at plenary that the joint session would take place in the chamber of the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u2018This time around because of the situation of COVID-19 pandemic, we have made arrangements to observe social distancing in the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also have to wear or face masks mandatorily. We are going to also abridge the entire event because we will be many there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the entire event will last just about an hour. From the entry of the President into the chamber and addresses and the presentation and laying will be just an hour event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is done so that we would be able to comply with the requirements of the COvID-19 protocol.<\/p>\n<div data-owo-type=\"widget\" data-owo-code=\"9b0ba25c-5faa-433c-af72-a94897eb2780\" data-owo-mode=\"smart3\" data-already-used=\"true\" data-owo-token=\"9b0ba25c-5faa-433c-af72-a94897eb2780-1\">\n<div class=\"owo-main-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"owo-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The Senate said on Wednesday that only those involved in budget preparation would accompany the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to the National Assembly on Thursday. The President is expected to present the 2021 national budget estimates to the joint session of the federal parliament on Thursday. 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