The Chairman of the
Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Senator Shaaba
Lafiagi has said the National Assembly is to pass the 2017 appropriation
bill in the next two weeks.
Speaking in Lafiagi, Edu
Local Government Area of Kwara State at the weekend, Lafiagi said all
ministries, parastatals and agencies had defended their proposals, and
the committees were currently deliberating on it and would provide
feedback to the Committee on Appropriation once everything was tidied
up.
Speaking on the
xenophobic attacks in South Africa, the senator stressed the need to
broaden the bilateral relationship between Nigeria and other countries
and said the issue would be tackled diplomatically. “The Nigerian
Parliament would ensure that the attack is put to an end,” he said.
Speaking on federal
roads in Kwara State, the senator said some of the dilapidated roads had
been captured in this year’s budget and reconstruction would commence
immediately the Appropriation Bill was passed into law.
Daily trust