Nigeria: Budget Passage Delay - Confab Okays Government Shutdown

The National Conference yesterday resolved that henceforth, where either the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria or the National Assembly (NASS) failed to meet the time frame set for the passage of an Appropriation Bill, government operations will have to shut down.

Consequently, delegates agreed that Section 82 of the 1999 Constitution which deals with authorization of expenditure without appropriation be amended to stop any spending by government in the event of a delay in the passage of the budget.

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