The House of Representatives has slated Feb. 4 for the consideration of the 2014 appropriation.
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The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Rep. Zakari Mohammed (APC- Kwara), disclosed this at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja.
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Zakari said that consideration of the budget was put on hold so that the Constitutional Review process could be concluded.
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He said that the next line of action would be to raise a Conference Committee of the House to begin work on the grey areas of the Constitution with its Senate Committee counterpart.
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Mohammed revealed that it was expected that a clean copy of the Constitution would be produced after the two chambers have met, to sort out areas of agreement and disagreement.
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The Spokesman also said that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) had been be committed to a technical session.
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He said that in the technical session, everybody’s interest would be represented so as to have a law that would meet the yearnings and aspirations of the people.
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The lawmaker assured that PIB would be presented to Nigerians hopefully by April.
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