The chairman of the Senate Committee on National Planning and Economic Affairs, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi, yesterday said the executive and the National Assembly must work hand in hand to rescue the country’s economy from total collapse.
Senator Yahaya, who spoke at the inaugural meeting of the House Committee on National Planning, said there was a need for the National Assembly, represented by the two committees to interface with the executive arm of government to fashion out modalities for getting the economy back on track again.
He said the committees of national planning in both the House and the Senate should ensure that they work collectively in the next four years to achieve the set target of turning around the nation’s economy while advising the executive on the way forward.
He warned against any mistake on the part of the parliament that may compound the already precarious economic situation in the country, adding that the parliament must be able to guide the executive on how to get out of the quagmire.
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Also speaking, the chairman of the House Committee on National Planning, Ibrahim Ayokunle Isiaka, said the committees can only succeed in their assignment if they work together and reinforce one another as a team.
He drew attention to the fact that National planning involves the process of setting goals, developing strategies, and outlining tasks and schedules to accomplish the national goals.
He said there was the need to “roll our sleeves and tighten the belts for the tasks ahead in the spirit of nationalism and patriotism, adding that the Committee will join hands with all well-meaning stakeholders to create and bequeath indicators that will be adjudged one of the best in this 10th Assembly.”
He said the committee will embark on Inter-Governmental and Budget Reforms of the multi-faceted and interlinked nature of sustainable development, which calls for interventions to be tackled simultaneously through a coordinated approach to reverse.
