N' Assembly laments bad roads, poor budget execution

Senate decries poor 2009 budget execution

Waziri defends EFCC's performance

THE terrible state of Nigerian roads came under klieglight again yesterday with the House of Representatives accusing the Ministry of Works of tardiness in the efforts to fix them.

The chamber made its position known through its Committee on Works just as the Deputy Speaker, Alhaji Usman Bayero Nafada, expressed the readiness of the House to embarrass ministries that fail to deliver on the budget.

Besides, the Senate yesterday reviewed the performance of the Federal Government on the 2009 budget and warned the executive against another poor execution next year. It also expressed anger over the allegation of corruption in the award of a N3.8 billion contract for the upgrading of facilities at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).