Date: 2017-03-13

The National Assembly is to pass the two thousand and seventeen appropriation bill in the next two weeks. The Chairman Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Senator Shaaba Lafiagi disclosed this in Lafiagi, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State while fielding questions from journalists.

Senator Shaaba Lafiagi noted that all Ministries, Parastatals and Agencies had defended their proposals, pointing out that the Committees are currently deliberating on it and would provide feedback to the Committee on Appropriations once everything is tidy up.

Speaking on the Xenophobic attacks in South Africa, the Senator stressed the need to broaden the bilateral relationship existing between Nigeria and other countries.

Senator Shaaba Lafiagi explained that the issue would be tackled diplomatically, saying that the World is inter-related, but the Nigerian Parliament would ensure that the attack is put to an end and forestall its re-occurrence.

Speaking on the reconstruction of some of the federal roads in Kwara State, the Senator said some of the dilapidated federal roads in the state had been captured in this year's budget for reconstruction.

Senator Shaaba Lafiagi assured that the reconstruction would commenced immediately the appropriation bill is passed into law, and told the people of the state, especially the people of Kwara North that the bad roads would be fixed soon.