{"id":721232,"date":"2019-10-11T15:31:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T15:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/11\/senate-president-reads-riot-act-to-ministers-on-passage-of-2020-budget\/"},"modified":"2019-10-11T15:31:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T15:31:41","slug":"senate-president-reads-riot-act-to-ministers-on-passage-of-2020-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/11\/senate-president-reads-riot-act-to-ministers-on-passage-of-2020-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate President Reads Riot Act To Ministers On Passage Of 2020 Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_713680\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-713680\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-713680\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Buhari-presents-2020-budget.png\" alt=\"Buhari presents 2020 budget\" width=\"525\" height=\"349\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-713680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buhari presents 2020 budget<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan has warned ministers and the Heads of Departments and government Agencies of not appearing on time before the National Assembly to defend their budget.<\/p>\n<p>Lawan issued this warning during the unveiling of the Legislative agenda for the House of Representatives on Friday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate president said the National Assembly would not tolerate any delay in the passage of 2020 budget by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Lawan said: \u201cWe will work jointly together. Already the House has suspended plenary. The Senate will suspend plenary on Tuesday next week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Buhari Says Recovered Loot Will Go Into Single Treasury Account For Nigerians To Benefit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me say here that only the window of October is available for the MDAs to defend their budgets. Any minister that decides to travel will not have another opportunity. The National Assembly will do the right thing, work on the budget on and pass it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not allow anyone to frustrate our desire to pass the budget this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is our desire to ensure that Nigerians get better infrastructure and social services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buhari presents 2020 budget President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan has warned ministers and the Heads of Departments and government Agencies of not appearing on time before the National Assembly to defend their budget. Lawan issued this warning during the unveiling of the Legislative agenda for the House of Representatives on Friday in Abuja. 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