Senate orders Ministers to appear before committee on Tuesday

The Nigerian Senate has ordered the Ministers of Finance, Budget and Planning to appear before its Joint Committee of Finance and Appropriation next Tuesday October 3, 2017. 

The directive followed the resolution on Wednesday by the Senate to summon the two ministers to brief the members of the Senate on the release of fund for the 2017 budget.

The senate had on Wednesday adopted a motion moved by Gbenga Ashafa (APC/Lagos-East) entitled, ‘Inadequate Releases in the 2017 Budget and the Need to Expedite Releases in Order to Stimulate the Economy’.