Nasarawa Assembly suspends rule for speedy budget passage

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly yesterday suspended its rules to sit today  for second reading of the state’s 2020 Appropriation Bill of N100.5 billion.

Alhaji Tanko Tunga (APC-Awe North), the Majority Leader of the Assembly said this in Lafia while addressing newsmen after Gov. Abdullahi Sule presented the budget during plenary.

He said that quick passage of the budget would go a long way in ensuring speedy development in the state.

“The governor has just presented the 2020 appropriation bill and on our part, we will continue to partner with the executive arm for speedy development of the state.

“You heard what the Speaker has said during the budget presentation that by the grace of God, the assembly will pass the 2020 budget before the end of this year.

“You can also see that we don’t sit on Thursday and Friday but we have suspended our House Rule to sit tomorrow, to allow the budget scale second reading,” he said.

Tunga called on MDAs to give the Assembly the needed cooperation during their budget defense for accelerated passage. (NAN)