The lawmakers noted that timely presentations of the budget remained essential to ensure thorough review.
The National Assembly has noted that it is anticipating the presentation of the 2025 budget.
This was stated upon the resumption of the assembly.
The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, noted this, adding that the chambers of the National Assembly were expecting President Bola Tinubu to present the 2025 budget as well as the new Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper.
In a personally signed statement, Bamidele said, “The consideration of MTEF occupies a prime place on the rung of our legislative agenda.
“This is simply because MTEF must be ready before the 2025 Appropriation Bill can be laid before the National Assembly.”
The lawmakers noted that timely presentations of the budget remained essential to ensure thorough review.
He also noted that the Senate was carrying on the review of constitution.
He added, “We are equally preoccupied with the review of the 1999 Constitution. In the Senate, the Constitution Review Committee is chaired by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Jibrin Barau.”
“Given the pedigrees of all its members, this exercise no doubt promises a truly federative approach that will redefine and reinvent public governance in this country,” Bamidele noted.
“The constitutional review process serves as the bedrock of our democracy, embodying our collective aspirations for a just society. The House reaffirms the December 2025 deadline to arrive at definitive outcomes for the Sixth Alteration to the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
“The House Committee on Constitution Review, chaired by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, will intensify efforts to address pressing issues and align our laws with the needs of the public.”
He added that the committee received “About 305 memoranda from the public and about 150 constitution alteration bills from honourable members, reflecting significant public engagement and concern. These bills will be given accelerated consideration.”