Members of the National Assembly have deferred sittings of yesterday Monday 9th December 2019, for them to properly scrutinize the revised copy of the budget estimates circulated to them.
In moving the motion, Halifa Sallah said the Assembly was in its defining moment regarding the budget and quoted Section 152 sub-section (3) of the Constitution, which reads: "When the estimates of expenditure have been approved by the National Assembly, an appropriation bill shall be introduced in the National Assembly from the consolidated revenue fund of the sum necessary to meet the expenditure under separate votes, for the separate services required and purposes specified therein."
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