Members of the House of Representatives in Abuja yesterday summoned Finance Ministry, Budget Office, Fiscal Responsibility Commission, National Planning Commission, Debt Management Office and Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission to explain why the 2015 Appropriation Act is not being implemented.
According to Vanguard, it was gathered that officials of other agencies related to finance may also be beckoned to appear before the ad-hoc committee headed by Rep. Ahmed Pategi, Kwara All Progressive Congress (APC), at the public hearing.
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Officials of the MDAs are expected to come with enough evidence to convince the lawmakers that the 2015 Appropriation Act is on course.
The House, at a meeting on August 13, 2015 had constituted an ad-hoc committee to examine the non- implementation of the budget following a motion promoted by Rep. Patrick Asadu, Enugu PDP, under matters of urgent public importance.
Asadu had accused the Federal Government of abandoning the implementation of the 2015 budget and capital projects, almost mid-way into the third quarter of the financial year.
Meanwhile, Reports had it that the Federal government and other tiers of government on Wednesday, 26 August, shared the sum of N511. 799 billion for the month of July, 2015.
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