 The House of Representatives on Tuesday received a request for consideration and approval of federal governments 2022 to 2024 external borrowing of the sum of 8.699 billion dollars and 100 million euros through a letter from President Bola Tinibu. Also received by the House, it's a letter from President Tinibu requesting that an audience be granted to him to present the 27 trillionaire budget for the 2024 financial year before a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday. The set sums according to the borrowing plan as to ensure prompt implementation of projects read and outlined at plenary by the Speaker Thajudin Abbas which cuts across all sectors. The African Development Bank and the World Bank Group have indicated interest in assisting the country to mitigate the impact with a sum of 1 billion dollars and 1.5 billion dollars responsibly in addition to the federal executive council approved 2022 to 2024 external abridged borrowing. I would like to underscore the fact that the projects and programs in the borrowing plan were selected based on positive technical economic evaluation as well as the expected contribution to the socio-economic development of the country including employment generation, service acquisition, support towards the emergence of more entrepreneurs, poverty reduction and food security to improve the livelihood in all 36 states and the federal capital territory. Meanwhile, the House has also urged President Tinibu to sign the sexual harassment of students in tertiary education institutions prohibition bill. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent national importance at plenary raised by Honourable Kafilat Ogbara, member representing Kosofe Federal Constituency Legal State. The House notes that violence against women and girls is a widespread human rights violation affecting one in three women worldwide and causing immediate and long-term harm to their physical, emotional and psychological well-being. Violence including physical, sexual, emotional and female genital mutilation related acts has led to severe physical injuries, trauma and even death.