John Ameh and Sunday AborisadeThe Presidency has said the challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic is responsible for the delay in presenting the 2020 revised budget to the National Assembly. This came as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, Senator Gershom Bassey, promised that the National Assembly would thoroughly screen the budget. However, it was learnt that National Assembly committees began discussions with the Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on the revised budget on Thursday. The Federal Government responded by first cutting the benchmark to $30, but finally settled for $25 in the document now placed before the National Assembly. You are also aware that because of COVID-19, the National Assembly is not working fully.

Source: Punch May 24, 2020 00:00 UTC