Reps Want Tinubu To Swiftly Present 2025 Budget Proposal
By Trek Africa Newspaper
The House of Representatives has frowned at the violation of the Fiscal Responsibility Act by President Bola Tinubu with just over two months to the end of the 2024 fiscal year.
In a motion by a member of the House, Clement Jimbo, the lawmakers drew attention to the fact that the 2025 Budget Estimates have not been presented before the National Assembly some two months before the end of 2024.
The House questioned the available time before the end of the year to thoroughly consider and pass the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) and 2025 Budget Estimates.
The House noted that the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2007 provided for the prudent management of the nation’s resources and that Section 11(1)(b) stipulated that the Federal Government must, not later than four months before the commencement of the next financial year, cause to be prepared and laid before the National Assembly, an MTEF for the next three financial years.
The matter has been referred to the Committee on National Planning.
Recall that the President had on October 2, 2024, jetted to the United Kingdom on a two-week leave.
