The Senate has adjourned debates on the 2020 Appropriation Bill until Tuesday, October 15.

 

Senate Leader, ABDULLAHI YAHAYA had moved that plenary be adjourned until another legislative day; while the Minority Leader, EYINNAYA ABARIBE seconded it.

 

Earlier, the senators had considered a Bill for an Act to authorize issuance of N10,330,416,607,347 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation.

 

The motion was moved by the Senate Leader after the Minority Leader had seconded a motion for the resumption of debate on the 2020 Appropriation Bill.

 

In his contribution, Senator EMMANUEL BWACHA said Nigerians must ask questions on the implementation of the budget.

 

The issue of the Value Added Tax caught the attention of Senator SANDY ONOR who emphasized its importance to the good of the nation.

 

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has directed the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption to deposit all monies generated from sale of assets forfeited on account of corruption in the Treasury Single Account.

 

BUHARI said this during his meeting with the committee, as tweeted via his verified Twitter handle @MBuhari:

 

The Committee was established in 2015 by the BUHARI administration as part of deliberate efforts to combat corruption in the country.

 

Chairman of the committee, Professor ITSE SAGAY said expressed hope of improved collaboration between the executive and legislature in the fight against corruption.

 

PACAC’s mandate include the promotion of reform agenda in the anti-corruption crusade, advising on the prosecution of the war against corrupt practices and implementation of reforms in the nation’s criminal justice system.

The Kwara State House of Assembly has seized some properties belonging to the former Governor of the state and Senate President, BUKOLA SARAKI.

 

In a statement, the Special Assistant to the Speaker, IBRAHIM SHERIFF, said the Alimi Chalet and a landed property, popularly called Ile Arugbochalet was erected on the land belonging to the state government.

 

It explained that the allocation of the posh property to SARAKI by the last administration, was a “violent violation” of the Kwara State Former Governor’s Pension Law 2010, as amended, which had already taken care of Saraki.

The Federal Government has announced plans to return toll gates on federal highways in the country.

This is coming fifteen years after the administration of ex-President OLUSEGUN OBASANJO scrapped it across the country.

Minister of Works and Housing, BABATUNDE FASHOLA, stated this while briefing State House Correspondents in Abuja on the decision taken at the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President BUHARI before he left for South Africa.

 

FASHOLA, flanked by the Minister of Information and Culture, LAI MOHAMMED, said there was no law that stopped the government from having toll gate on federal roads.