The consideration of the bill for an Act to amend the 2013 Appropriation Act failed to commence on Thursday at the Senate due to lack of a lead debate to introduce the bill for second reading.
Also at the House of Representatives, members failed to debate the proposed amendments to the 2013 budget by President Goodluck Jonathan.
The budget was listed as the third item of the day on the House’ Order Paper, however, the Speaker, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, skipped it as he presided over proceedings.
Tambuwal gave no explanations for moving to the next item.
Thursday was the second time the bill would be put off at the Senate after being listed on the Notice Paper on Tuesday scheduled for Wednesday and then on the Order Paper on Thursday.
When it was time to take the bill, Leader of the Senate, Victor Ndoma-Egba, said the lead debate for the bill was not ready.
He moved that the bill “be stood down until another legislative day,” a motion that was accepted after it was ably seconded.
It will be recalled that the President had written the National Assembly requesting some amendments in the 2013 budget as passed and assented to.
The amendment was part of the agreements reached between the legislature and the executive in the process of resolving the impasse, which attended the passage of the budget.
In a letter read on the floor of the Senate on the March 19, 2013 by the President of the Senate, David Mark, Jonathan had requested the upper chamber to amend a bill he sent on the 2 budget.
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