{"id":1388,"date":"2024-11-21T15:24:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T15:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2024-11-21T15:25:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T15:25:01","slug":"speaker-thomas-issues-strict-directive-for-mdas-on-budget-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/?p=1388","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Thomas Issues Strict Directive for MDAs on Budget Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/download-7-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1389\" style=\"width:513px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/download-7-1.jpg 310w, https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/download-7-1-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On the, 21st November 2024<\/strong> \u2013 At the start of the First Allotted Day of the debate on the 2025 National Budget, <strong>Rt. Hon. Speaker Segepoh Solomon Thomas<\/strong> issued a stern warning to all Heads of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). He emphasized that <strong>beginning tomorrow, 22nd November 2024<\/strong>, all vote controllers in various MDAs must be present in Parliament to witness the ongoing budget debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaker Thomas stressed that any MDA that fails to send a representative to the debate will face severe consequences, including the <strong>withholding of their budget allocations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are serious about this,\u201d Speaker Thomas asserted. \u201cIf any MDA fails to attend the debate on the 2025 National Budget, the House of Parliament will have no choice but to withhold their budget.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further clarified that from tomorrow, the <strong>Second Allotted Day of the debate<\/strong>, Parliament would carry out a roll call of all MDAs present, and punitive actions would follow for those who do not comply. He emphasized that each MDA must send <strong>representatives at least at the rank of Director or Deputy Director<\/strong>, ensuring the seriousness of the participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will do a roll call on all MDAs present tomorrow,\u201d Speaker Thomas reiterated. \u201cSo, all MDAs should be present throughout the five-day debate on the National Budget,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This warning reflects the Speaker\u2019s determination to ensure that all relevant stakeholders are actively engaged in the debate, which is crucial for the effective allocation and management of public funds in the 2025 fiscal year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the, 21st November 2024 \u2013 At the start of the First Allotted Day of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1390,"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions\/1390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}