Osun State House of Assembly under the leadership of the Speaker, Honouirable Najeem Salaam has passed the 2017 Appropriation Bill of N146,632,746,980.

As the nation eagerly awaits the take-off of the 2017 budget, more than half way into the fiscal year, the Presidency and the leadership of the National Assembly made last minute attempts, last night, to salvage the document by sorting out areas of disagreement.

In fact, the easing of the recession may not even be due to any policy or policies. The outcome of any serious policy takes time to register impact. When was the fiscal policy of government concerning the recession put in place?

WITH the latest update on the 2017 budget upheavals taken to a ridiculous level by the two key arms of the Federal Government – the Executive and the Legislature, we draw attention to the wider policy implication of the continued delay in putting the spending plan into operation.

THE Plateau State Government has allocated of N6,107,103,000, representing 8.71 percent of its 2017 budget to the agriculture sub-sector.