Nigeria: Yar'Adua in Frantic Move to End Senate-House Feud

20 November 2009

Lagos — President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was making frantic efforts last night to resolve the supremacy battle between the Senate and the House of Representatives as fears of a prolonged dispute on the passage of the 2010 budget gripped the Presidency.

A disagreement had ensued between the Senate and the House of Representatives over the venue of the joint session to receive the 2010 budget, thereby forcing Yar'Adua to defer the presentation of the fiscal proposal.

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