Senate Postpones Passage of 2023 Budget

The Senate has postponed the passage of the 2023 budget.

Senate President Ahmad Lawan, who announced the postponement during plenary, said the budget will be passed on Wednesday, December 28th, 2022.

Lawan noted that the Senate is postponing the budget passage because of some challenges in receiving the report on the 2023 budget from the appropriations committee.

The Senate President added that the Senate Appropriations Committee kick started a process of cleaning up the 2023 budget first and they engaged the executive in the cleanup exercise.