L - R: Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon.
Femi Gbajabiamila; and President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, at a meeting on Thursday, May 14, 2020 between the Leadership of the National Assembly and some representatives of the Executive arm of Government on the amendment of the 2020 budget.
The two National Assembly leaders first met separately with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , on the issue before meeting again with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. At the end of the meeting with Osinbajo, they told State House correspondents that the earlier plan by the distribution companies to hike tariff from July 1 was untimely.had earlier reported that the two National Assembly leaders in a meeting on Monday succeeded in prevailing on the distribution companies to shelve the hike till the first quarter of next year.
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