‘9th Senate’ll bar ministers from overseas trip during budget defence’
Senate Leader, Senator Ahmed Lawan, says the leadership of the 9 th Senate under him will seek the permission of President Muhammadu Buhari to stop ministers from travelling outside the country during budget defence . He said the one month given to the ministers to appear before different committees in the Senate may also not attract plenary sitting in the National Assembly. Lawan, who is one of those aspiring to lead the Senate , spoke with journalists in Abuja on Wednesday . The Senate leader also said that the ministers would only be allowed to travel outside the country only on health grounds . He said this would be one of the ways of achieving a three -month passage of the budget after its presentation to the National Assembly by President Buhari . Lawan, who was accompanied to the briefing by some of his supporters, said the Senate under his leadership would also plan to pass the budget before Christmas of each year. He said , “Even though the budgeting issue varies from time to ...