National Assembly committee on petroleum adjourns budget defence to December 18

The Joint Committee of the National Assembly on Petroleum Resources on Thursday adjourned the hearing on the 2024 budget of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to December 18 due to the absence of key officials of the ministry.

This followed the adoption of a motion by the Senator from Zamfara, Abdulaziz Yari, at the plenary in Abuja.

In his presentation, Yari said that the committee was constrained to adjourn due to the absence of the ministers.

He said the officials should be given a second chance to appear for the session.

Earlier, the Chairman of the House Committee of Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Ado Doguwa, described the absence of the ministers as a sign of disrespect to the parliament.

He said the committee would invoke relevant sections of the constitution to compel them to appear if they are absent at the next hearing.

In his ruling, the Chairman of the committee, Senator Agom Jarigbe, said that the ministers should appear before the committee and account for the 2023 budget.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now