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A major achievement of the Ninth Assembly in reverting the national budget cycle from an unpredictable cycle to a more predictable cycle of January to December have suffered a setback.
The setback followed Senate extension of the capital component of the 2020 appropriation bill, billed to terminate on 31st of December to March 31st 2021.
The extension came about the accelerated passage of the amendment Bill which went through first, second and third reading but not without a rigorous debate by legal minds to avert nullity of the changes in the proposed amendment on the Order paper.
The Senate Order Paper for Wednesday 16th December 2020 proposed amendment to the Appropriation Act 2020 (amendment) Bill for first reading and another bill for an Act to amend the Appropriation Act 2020 in order to extend the implementation year from the 31st December 2020 to 31st March 2021 or, until the coming into force of the 2021 Appropriation Act, whichever occurs earlier and for related m
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The Senate on Wednesday, extended the life-span of 2020 by about three months to facilitate the capital budget of the 2020 Appropriation bill.
The Senate passed the extension of the 2020 Appropriation Bill through first and second reading at Wednesday plenary.
The Senate Order Paper for Wednesday reads in part: “A Bill for an Act to amend the Appropriation Act 2020 in order to extend the implementation the capital aspect of the budget to from 31st December 2020 to 31st march, 2021 or, until the coming into force of the 2021 Appropriation Act, whichever occurs earlier and for related matters, 2020 (SB. 612) Second reading.”
Both bills are sponsored by the Senate Majority Leader Senate, Sen. Abdullahi, Yahaya Abubakar (Kebbi North