Representatives Bar President Jonathan From Submitting 2013 Budget

 The House of Representatives, yesterday, made good its threat not to touch the 2013 budget until it was satisfied with the implementation of the 2012 budget. They refused to grant President Goodluck Jonathan's request to lay the 2013 budget proposal next Thursday.

In furtherance of this, the House has suspended plenary for the whole of next week to enable committees carry out proper over-sight functions on Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs.

The resolution was passed after a robust debate on the letter sent by the Presidency and read by Speaker Aminu Tambuwal during Tuesday plenary.

Tambuwal, who presided over yesterday's plenary, pledged to liaise with the leadership of the Senate with a view to reaching a compromise on the budget presentation.

The legislators had, during the debate on the letter, unanimously agreed that the budget proposal should be suspended until the House concludes its findings.

Speaking on the resolution, Abdulmumin Jubrin, Chairman, House Committee on Finance, who chaired the interactive session with Federal Ministry of Finance led by Yerima Ngama, Minister of State for Finance and Bright Okogwu, Director General of Budget Office, explained that the resolution was passed at plenary

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