The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has promised Nigerians that they are committed to enacting laws that will move the country out of recession.
Dogara said this on Tuesday on the floor of the House during his address after resumption of plenary.
He also assured that reforms to the Budget process will be implemented, to make it transparent and without controversy.
Dogara urged his colleagues to consider the task of passage of the 2017 Appropriation Bill as “the most critical and urgent”.
He further stated that “the 2017 budget remains the major tool to rejig Nigeria’s economy and pull it out of recession.
“We must brace up and work assiduously and conscientiously to give Nigerians a budget that will not only lift us out of recession but kick start the needed expeditious journey into Nigeria’s prosperity. We pledge to reform the budget process.”
“To this end, therefore, we would ensure that the procedure and process of consideration and passage of the 2017 Budget is transparent, inclusive and professionally handled.
“The details of the Budget should be debated and passed in Plenary to avoid those needless pitfalls that normally characterize the budget process”, he said.
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