The Senate president said the federal
lawmakers would focus on making more
laws that will promote the economy,
enhance the budget process and support
the fight against corruption.
According to Today, Dr. Saraki gave this
indication while speaking with State House
correspondents after his meeting with President
Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa,
Abuja yesterday.
Saraki said: “In 2017, our attention will be on
the economy because that is really a major
issue for us as a country. We want to see
some of the economic bills put forward
passed, to see that there is greater
improvement in the budget process in 2017,
and to see that the government implements
the budget early.”
“Also, one of our pet projects is made-in-
Nigeria products. We want to see that
government continues to support Nigerians
in this area so that we can begin to cushion
the difficult times Nigerians are going
through.”
“So, next year is very important to us and I
think, on the part of National Assembly, we
will continue to give our support to ensure
that the right things are done,” he said.
He further noted that the senators achieved more
in the last three months than they did in the
entire year, adding that the National Assembly is
settling down and, as such, Nigerians would see
many more bills passed for the president to
assent, as reported by Today.
On the president’s signing of 17 bills into law,
Saraki said, “It shows, in part, what we have
been able to do in the National Assembly
and there are many more bills to come and
the president is also responding to them.
You are going to see more of that in 2017;
there are a lot of bills lined up.”
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