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  • President Buhari to Present Abridged Budget Proposal at COVID-19 Compliant Presentation – Gbajabiamila

    President Buhari to Present Abridged Budget Proposal at COVID-19 Compliant Presentation – Gbajabiamila

    The 2021 budget expected to be presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday will be COVID-19 compliant.

    This was disclosed by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila when he read a letter from the President proposing budget presentation, during plenary on Wednesday in Abuja.

    The Speaker noted that the budget presentation by President Buhari, to a joint session of both the Senate and House at 11am on Oct. 8, will be in full compliance to COVID-19 protocol.

    Gbajabiamila said that members would be mandated to wear their face masks as part of compliance to COVID-19 protocol.

    An abridged version of the budget would be presented by the President in order to limit the session to a hour, the Speakers said.

    Similarly, the Speaker noted that his speech and that of the Senate President would be abridged so as to further reduce presentation time due to COVID-19.

    According to him, the budget presentation will not be the usual annual presentation, it will be abridged because of the need to comply with COVID-19 guidelines.

    Gbajabiamila added that the presentation, billed to commence at 11am, will adhere to social distancing rules as members would be allowed to sit in the gallery.

  • 2021 Budget Presentation: Senate Reduces Buhari’s Entourage to Observe Social Distancing

    2021 Budget Presentation: Senate Reduces Buhari’s Entourage to Observe Social Distancing

     

    The Senate on Wednesday says only officials involved in budget preparation would be allowed to accompany President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly for his presentation scheduled to hold on Thursday.

    This was confirmed on Wednesday by the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, who equally noted that the presentation of the 2021 national budget would take place for just one hour.

    The decision of the Senate was to ensure COVID-19 measures are adhered to including social distancing.

    Members of the red chamber were informed at the plenary that the 2021 budget presentation would be held in the green chamber of the House of Representatives.

    ‘This time around because of the situation of COVID-19 pandemic, we have made arrangements to observe social distancing in the chamber.

    “We also have to wear or face masks mandatorily. We are going to also abridge the entire event because we will be many there.

    “So the entire event will last just about an hour. From the entry of the President into the chamber and addresses and the presentation and laying will be just an hour event.

    “This is done so that we would be able to comply with the requirements of the COvID-19 protocol.

    “Mr. President this time around will not be accompanied by many people on the entourage.

    “Only a few people, very key and relevant to the budget will accompany Mr. President into the chamber.

    ”I think by the arrangement those of them that have little to do with the budget will join virtually what will happen,” Senate President Lawan said.