The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator AliyuSabiAbdullahi, said the public hearing which will be held tomorrow is aimed at allowing stakeholders and members of the public to make contributions to the proposed legislation before passage by the National Assembly.
It said that over the past week, the Senate has suspended regular plenary sessions with a view to giving all committees an opportunity to conduct adequate oversight and for ministries, departments and agencies of the federal government to defend the allocations included in the estimates submitted to the legislature by President Buhari.
It said that the joint public hearing, will push the budget defence a step further by allowing members of the public to weigh-in constructively on ways to improve the appropriations bill.
Senate President BukolaSaraki stated that the historic public hearing on the budget is aimed at ensuring more citizen-participation in the legislative processes.
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