{"id":56245,"date":"2017-02-20T06:58:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T05:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=56245"},"modified":"2017-02-20T06:58:17","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T05:58:17","slug":"2017-budget-buharis-letters-onoghen-dominate-senates-resumes-plenary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/2017-budget-buharis-letters-onoghen-dominate-senates-resumes-plenary\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Budget, Buhari&#8217;s Letters, Onoghen Dominate As Senate&#8217;s Resumes Plenary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a08th\u00a0Senate returns to\u00a0regular\u00a0business <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_334908366\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Tuesday<\/span><\/span> as it continues<br \/>\nwork\u00a0on the 2017 budget and several economic priority bills which are at<br \/>\ndifferent stages of their passage. Its President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola<br \/>\nSaraki will also read the two pending letters from President Muhammadu<br \/>\nBuhari on extension of his holiday in London and the nomination of Justice<br \/>\nWalter Onoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria \u00a0(CJN).<\/p>\n<p>On February 2nd, the Senate adjourned its\u00a0normal plenary session schedule<br \/>\nfor\u00a0three weeks to enable members participate in their various\u00a0committees<br \/>\nfor the defence of budget estimates by Ministries, Departments and<br \/>\nAgencies (MDAs). Also within the period, for\u00a0the first time in the history<br \/>\nof the Nigerian parliament,\u00a0the\u00a0House of Representatives and the Senate<br \/>\nheld a joint three-day Appropriations Committee public hearing on the 2017<br \/>\nbudget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy all accounts the public hearing\u00a0event was an\u00a0outstanding success\u201d\u00a0said<br \/>\nthe Senate President.\u00a0\u201cFederal ministers, private sector leaders, civil<br \/>\nsociety organizations and others\u00a0all participated in what I like to call<br \/>\nthe\u00a0\u2018people\u2019s budget\u2019 process\u201d,\u00a0Saraki\u00a0noted.\u00a0\u00a0<wbr \/>Government officials were<br \/>\non hand to\u00a0defend their budget proposals\u00a0and answer questions. \u00a0CSO\u2019s,<br \/>\nacademics and professionals associations\u00a0offered commentary\u00a0on their\u00a0views<br \/>\nand critique\u00a0of the budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is\u00a0the intention\u00a0for\u00a0the public hearing exercise to<br \/>\nbe\u00a0institutionalized\u00a0as a yearly exercise to promote<br \/>\ngovernment\u00a0transparency and greater public participation\u00a0in the<br \/>\nprocess\u201d\u00a0he\u00a0added.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate President said\u00a0\u201cit is very\u00a0important for the executive branch<br \/>\nand the legislature to\u00a0continue to work together to\u00a0get the spending plan<br \/>\nright. \u00a0The months of\u00a0collaboration will determine the extent to which the<br \/>\nappropriations spending\u00a0begins to grow the economy and create jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_334908367\"><span class=\"aQJ\">tomorrow<\/span><\/span>, various committees are expected to start submitting reports<br \/>\nto the Committee on Appropriations based on schedule earlier provided as a<br \/>\nresult of the conclusion of budget defence by MDAs.<\/p>\n<p>This will be followed by compilation of the reports by the Appropriation<br \/>\ncommittee and engagement with the leadership of the Senate and interface<br \/>\nwith some committee where necessary. The last stage of the budget process<br \/>\nwill be laying of report at plenary by the Appropriation Committee as well<br \/>\nas the consideration \u00a0and passage of the Appropriation Bill.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously, the\u00a0Senate will also begin to consider several economic<br \/>\nreform bills that form the\u00a0basis of the Red Chamber\u2019s\u00a0priority economic<br \/>\nagenda. \u00a0This coming week alone may see\u00a0two such bills,\u00a0the<br \/>\nIndependent\u00a0Warehouse Regulatory Agency Act and\u00a0the Company and Allied<br \/>\nMatters Act (CAMA), come up during plenary session.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a08th\u00a0Senate returns to\u00a0regular\u00a0business on Tuesday as it continues work\u00a0on the 2017 budget and several economic priority bills which are at different stages of their passage. 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