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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