The Rivers State House of Assembly has adopted the Medium Term
Expenditure Framework 2020 to 2022 sent by Governor Nyesom Wike to the
House.
This followed a debate on the documents presented during Tuesday plenary.
Governor Wike in a letter addressed to the House urged the lawmakers to consider the MTEF for adoption.
The MTEF contains the fiscal revenue projection, as well as the
expenditure profiles and parameters which the 2020 budget is anchored
on.
In the same vein, the Rivers State House of Assembly has given first
reading to Rivers State contributory health protection program bill sent
to the house by governor Wike for consideration and passage into Law.
The bill proposes to establish a, “Contributory Health Protection
Program to ensure that residents of the state have access to effective,
quality and affordable healthcare services, pursuant to the promises by
the state government to improve the health and living conditions of
residents of the state”.
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