Janet Samuel. Abuja
Nigeria Senate has amended the 2023 Appropriation and Supplementary Act to extend implementation periods to Dec. 31.
This was sequel to President Bola Tinubu’s request in a letter read by President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio at plenary on Thursday.
The letter was titled: “Request for further amendment of the Appropriation Act 2023 and Supplementary Act 2023”.
It reads: “As you will recall by an Act of the National Assembly, the 2023 Appropriation Act and the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Act were amended in March 2024.
“This was to allow for their implementation until June 30 2024.
“This extension was necessary to allow for the full implementation of capital projects contained in the budgets particularly those infrastructural projects intended to improve commerce, address challenges with security and education and health care and generally improve the well being of Nigerians.
“As many of these critical projects should remain ongoing, I write to request that the Senate considers and passes the legislation to extend the implementation of the Appropriation Act 2023 and the Supplementary Appropriation Act 2023 to Dec. 31.
“This is to ensure that the provisions of the Acts can be exhaustively implemented while hoping that this request shall receive the kind expeditious consideration of the Senate.”
The two bills which were given accelerated consideration in the Committee of Supply were unanimously approved by the upper chamber.
In his remarks, Akpabio thanked his colleagues for their patriotic contributions to the passage of the bills.and expressed optimism that the implementation would allow the executive to complete all abandoned projects.
“I thank you for your contributions, I thank you for your patriotic duties and most especially, I thank you for your timely intervention which enabled us and enabled the executive arm of government to continue with projects without abandonment.
