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Reps member says NASS will avoid delay in passage of 2019 budget

- Hussaini Kangiwa said the National Assembly would ensure speedy passage of the 2019 budget

- Kangiwa, member representing Arewa/Dandi Federal Constituency, declared that the lawmakers would avoid the mistakes that delayed the passage of the 2018 budget

- He, however, stated that Nigerians should not have to worry this time around because they have learned their lessons from what happened in 2018

The member representing Arewa/Dandi Federal Constituency, Alhaji Hussaini Kangiwa, says the National Assembly would ensure speedy passage of the 2019 budget.

Kangiwa told newsmen on Wednesday, January 2, in Birnin Kebbi that the lawmakers would avoid the mistakes that delayed the passage of the 2018 budget, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

According to him, the passage will be in contrast to that of 2018 that was passed amid controversies and disharmony between the executive and the legislature.

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The APC member, said: “I think Nigerians should not have to worry this time around as we have all learned our lessons from what happened in 2018.

“I can assure you that the impasse that trailed the 2018 budget in the National Assembly before its passage will be avoided in 2019.”

Kangiwa assured President Muhammadu Buhari that APC lawmakers in the National Assembly were solidly behind him in spite of what happened during the presentation of the budget.

He said: “What happened during the budget presentation was unfortunate; it was orchestrated and carried out by the opposition but we the APC lawmakers were able to check them. We are solidly behind our President because we are in support of his anti-corruption crusade.”

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Kangiwa also lauded Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi for transforming the state to being a major contributor to Nigeria’s economic growth through agriculture.

He said: “Governor Bagudu left no one in doubt about the ability of APC to deliver on its campaign promises. His rice revolution has triggered massive rice production which has drastically reduced rice import to barest minimum.”

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that President Buhari on Wednesday, December 19, proposed a budget of N8.83 trillion for 2019 to a joint session of the National Assembly, saying the budget was prepared after wide consultations.

According to the budget, about a quarter of the sum (N2.14 trillion) will be used for debt servicing while N2.031 trillion will be used for capital expenditure.

The proposed recurrent expenditure is N4.04 trillion, statutory transfer is N492.36 billion, there is a sinking fund of N120 billion, while capital expenditure is N2.031 trillion.

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