Legislators at the Adamawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday received no fewer than 25 copies of the 2021 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper(FSP) forwarded by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri.
The copies of the MTEF and FSP were sent to the Honourable Members by the Governor for them to further legislate on it as learnt by NEWS PLATFORM.
Governor Fintiri had in a letter dated 15th October, 2020 and addressed to Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas, prayed the Legislators to consider the copies of the aforementioned.
He told the Members that the State Executive Council at its 13th (2020) meeting held on Wednesday 23rd September, 2020 considered and approved the state 2021 MTEF and FSP which is primarily used in guiding the State in its annual budget preparations.
After reading the letter at the Tuesday resumed plenary session by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas, who presided over the sitting, the Lawmakers went on and considered the letter following a motion to that effect by the Majority Leader, Hon. Hammantukur Yettisuri(Jada Mbulo).
Thereafter, the Speaker committed the copies of the MTEF and FSP to the House Standing Committee on Finance, Budget and Appropriation headed by Hon. Kate Raymond Mamuno (Demsa) for necessary legislative action.
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