The legislator said that during the period, plenary session would be suspended to enable members concentrate on committee work
Members of the House of Representatives would commence a one-week oversight function to Ministries, Departments and Agencies from September 24, Hon. Zakari Mohammed, the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, has said.
Mohammed (PDP-Kwara) announced this on Thursday in Abuja at a news conference.
He said that the oversight function would focus on the implementation of the 2013 Appropriation Act in order to ascertain the level of implementation of capital components of the budget.
The legislator said that during the period, plenary session would be suspended to enable members concentrate on committee work.
On September 17, the Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, had decried the low level of implementation of the 2013 budget.
Tambuwal said that due to its poor implementation, members of standing committees would proceed on oversight function to all MDAs.
He said: “The level of implementation of the 2013 capital appropriation is below expectation given the early submission of the budget by the Executive and early passage by the Legislature.
“We have consistently advised that the procurement process be employed in a value added manner rather than the slavish adherence to and unproductive worship of procedures.”
Tambuwal said that in spite of the early passage of the budget by the National Assembly, much progress had not been made in its implementation.
“With the information and statistics at our disposal, there is no justification for this state of affairs,” he said.
The speaker said that the reports from the oversight function would be collated by the Committee on Legislative Budget and Committee on Research and Legislative Compliance.
He said that the report collated by the two committees would be presented to the House plenary for consideration.
Mohammed (PDP-Kwara) announced this on Thursday in Abuja at a news conference.
He said that the oversight function would focus on the implementation of the 2013 Appropriation Act in order to ascertain the level of implementation of capital components of the budget.
The legislator said that during the period, plenary session would be suspended to enable members concentrate on committee work.
On September 17, the Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, had decried the low level of implementation of the 2013 budget.
Tambuwal said that due to its poor implementation, members of standing committees would proceed on oversight function to all MDAs.
He said: “The level of implementation of the 2013 capital appropriation is below expectation given the early submission of the budget by the Executive and early passage by the Legislature.
“We have consistently advised that the procurement process be employed in a value added manner rather than the slavish adherence to and unproductive worship of procedures.”
Tambuwal said that in spite of the early passage of the budget by the National Assembly, much progress had not been made in its implementation.
“With the information and statistics at our disposal, there is no justification for this state of affairs,” he said.
The speaker said that the reports from the oversight function would be collated by the Committee on Legislative Budget and Committee on Research and Legislative Compliance.
He said that the report collated by the two committees would be presented to the House plenary for consideration.
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