National Assembly plans own Budget Office

The House of Represen­tatives yesterday con­sidered and adopted the report of its Committee on Budget and Legislative Re­search on a Bill for the estab­lishment of the National As­sembly Budget and Research Office (NABRO).

According to the report, NABRO would provide objec­tive, timely and non-partisan analysis needed for economic and budget decisions.

The chairman of the com­mittee, Hon. Timothy Golu (PDP, Plateau) told the House that NABRO would scale up legislative budgetary process and adequate legislative inter­ventions to add value to the budgeting process in the coun­try.

While commending the House for considering and adopting the report, Golu said when established, NABRO would go a long way in cor­recting the lapses being expe­rienced in the budgeting pro­cess.

Having adopted the report on the Bill preparatory to its Third Reading on the floor of the House for its passage into law, and on concurrence by the Senate, it would be forwarded to President Muhammadu Bu­hari for his assent.