Speaking at the presidential dinner organized for members of the
National Assembly yesterday night May 30th, President Buhari asked the
lawmakers to accelerate the passage of the Money Laundering prevention
and Prohibition Bill, Statutory Budget for the NDDC bill, Bills for Acts
for domestication of agreements for avoidance of double taxation
between Nigeria and South Korea, Spain and Sweden respectively and two
others.
"I seize this opportunity to please draw attention to the under listed
Bills which have been Submitted to the National Assembly and appeal for
accelerated consideration and passage, namely: Bills for Acts for
domestication of agreements for avoidance of double taxation between
Nigeria and South Korea, Spain and Sweden respectively, Federal Capital
Territory Appropriation Bill, 2016, Money Laundering (Prevention &
Prohibition) Bill 2016, Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters
Bill, 2016 and Statutory Budget of the Niger – Delta Development
Commission, 2016. I am conscious that on June 9, 2016, the National
Assembly will complete one Legislative year. May I appeal to you to
consider and pass these submitted Bills, particularly the Statutory
Budget of the Federal Capital Territory, the Niger – Delta Development
Commission Budget and the budget of Statutory Corporations. These bodies
cannot execute their Statutory mandate nor incur expenditure for the
year unless their budgets are approved by the National Assembly"he said
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