The chairman House committee on Appropriation, Honourable Abubakar Bichi has assured that the National Assembly will pass the 2024 appropriation bill before end of December.
Bichi gave the assurance while briefing newsmen shortly after the presentation of the 2024 budget proposal to the joint session of the National Assembly.
“It is doable, we can do that” he said.
Continuing “Yes it is possible, Mr speaker said, we are going to do our work even on Friday, as you know we don’t work on that day, but this time around we’re going to work on Fridays and Saturdays. By Monday we are going to start our budget defence.
“We are going to invite all the MDAs to come and defend what they have done in 2023 and to explain in details their proposal in the 2024 budget.
“Of course, we’re going to work day and night to make sure the budget is passed before end of December”.
Commenting on the hight points of the budget and what Nigerians should expect: “You can see this time around the Capital has been increased, this is the first time in three to four years that the budget capital has gone up. The capital is increased and the deficit has also gone down.
“I think it is very realistic and Mr president means well for the country from the way we’ve seen it.
“But of course, we’re going to work on the documents and do our analysis before we can make a final conclusion” Bichi added.
