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Senate committees get 7 days to submit budget reports

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Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy President of the Senate, has announced the deadline to the committees at plenary and urged them to abide by the ultimatum to enable the appropriation committee to put finishing touches to the reports.

Racing against time, the Nigerian  Senate on Tuesday gave all standing committees one week to present and defend reports of the 2017 Budget of Ministries, Agencies and Departments(MDAs) under them before the Committee on Appropriation.

According to Ike Ekweremadu, the senate is committed to passing the 2017 Budget before the end of March.

President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2017 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly on Dec. 14, 2016.

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