Tobi Adebayo
The Senate has passed for second reading the N16.39trillion 2022 Appropriation Bill on Wednesday.
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan also announced an adjournment of the plenary till November 9th, 2021.
This, according to Lawan, will enable heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government to defend their budget estimates for 2022.
Lawan further referred the budget to the Committee on Appropriation, directing them to report back in four weeks.
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“That commitment certainly saw us succeed in passing the previous bills. I’m sure that we are ready to repeat in passing the Appropriation Bill 2022 before the end of December.
“I agree with those of us who raised issues of revenue generation, collection and remittances to the coffers of the Federal Government.
“The agencies that are supposed to collect and remit revenues will have to be tasked and this 2022 Appropriation Bill shows that we have over N400 billion coming from these agencies as additional revenues.
“We need to do better, we need to more. Government agencies must remit revenues that they generate. We have to also invest in our people,” Lawan said.
