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The House of Representatives will on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, engage the Central Bank Governor, Olayemi Cardoso and other key stakeholders of the economy including the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun
This will be the second edition of its sectoral debates/dialogue as part of its periodic policy brief series.
This was disclosed in a statement by the House spokesman, Akin Rotimi on Monday.
It reads in part, “I am pleased to announce that the House sectoral briefs with MDAs will resume immediately. Accordingly, we shall engage with MDAs and principal actors in the finance sector on Tuesday, February 6, 2024.
“This engagement will assess the nation’s readiness to mobilise the necessary financial resources for implementing the budget,” the Speaker remarked.”
According to the statement, the enagagement is “billed for the financial sector and is scheduled to feature key stakeholders in the sector such as the Minister of Finance, Minister of Budget and Planning, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue.”
It further stated that the Clerk of the House, Yahaya Danzaria, confirmed this on Monday, in a communication titled ‘Notice of Sectoral Debates with Financial Sector Stakeholders.’
He added, “the communication notified Honourable Members of the Dialogue while encouraging them to prepare contributions that will enrich the quality of the debates.”
The objective it stated is aimed at “strengthening of legislative oversight of key Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government,” as well as the “promotion of smooth legislative-executive relationships for good governance.”
