National Assembly to pass 2022 budget this week

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, says the National Assembly will pass the proposed 2022 budget before the end of the legislative week.

Lawan disclosed this on Monday while giving a lecture at the maiden Distinguished Parliamentarians Lecture Series organized by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS.

The Senate President said the current National Assembly has made it a practice for the budget to be presented and passed before the end of December yearly, to ensure that its implementation commences in January.