MDAs to be invited for defence.
Information reaching Checkout Magazine has it that the Senate Committee on Appropriation will on Tuesday (today) receive the 2022 Appropriation Bill from the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan for further scrutiny.
PUNCH reports an anonymous member of the committee to have disclosed this in Abuja on Monday.
The senator explained that members of the panel would hold their inaugural meeting as soon as the committee received the fiscal document from the Senate President.
He said, “It is at our inaugural meeting that we would draw up the timetable for the budget defence session where the various heads of federal ministries, departments and agencies would interact with the Senate committees in charge of their oversight.
“The interface would last for about two or three weeks after which the Appropriation committee will start receiving reports from the chairmen of the various senate panels for collation.
“It is after the collation that we will write our report and submit to the Senate at plenary for deliberation and eventual approval.”
The senator said the decision to either suspend plenary or not, in order to hasten the process of working on the budget estimates, would be taken by the leadership of the Senate.
