Senate to pass 2020 budget before end of this year

Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, says the 2020 budget presented by president Muhammadu Buhari will be passed before the end of 2019.

Lawan said this is to ensure that Nigeria’s budget cycle is returned to the January-December calendar year.

The senate president asked committees to conclude their work on budget defence within the month for necessary legislative work to be carried out in November and December, leading to the eventual passage before the end of the year.

He urged all ministries, departments and agencies to appear before the committees for the defence of their budget estimate within the month.