Senate Fixes 30th November For Presentation Of Reports On N20.5trillion 2023 Budget

Reports on N20.5trillion 2023 budgetary proposals presented to joint session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari last month , is to be laid on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday , November 30, 2022.

This is as the Chairman , Senate Committee on Appropriations , Senator Jibrin Barau ( APC Kano North) , urged Chairmen of the various committees to adhere strictly to time table drawn for consideration of the budget. READ HERE

Senator Barau who briefed the press Friday on planned programme for budget consideration at committee level and report presentation in plenary , said strict adherence is expected from all the committees .

According to him , while budget hearings / engagements with heads of Ministries , Departments and Agencies ( MDAs), by Appropriations sub – committees , are expected to take place from 13th October to 3rd November; submission and defence of budget reports by the sub – committees , are fixed for 4th to 11th November 2022.

He added that Collation / Harmonization of Reports by Appropriations Committee under his leadership , will take place from Friday , 11th November to Friday , 25th November , 2022.

” Laying / Presentation of the report by Appropriations Committee to the Senate in plenary , is fixed for Wednesday , 30th November, 2022″ , he said .

Apparently in adhering to the time table , many other the committees have started adopting the quick fix option of ‘take a bow and go ‘ for budget considerations of the MDAs.

Specifically , the Committee on Interior headed by Senator Kashim Shettima ( APC Borno Central), adopted the option on Friday for the Ministry of Interior , Fire Service and Correctional Service by telling the Minister of Interior , Rauf Aregbesola , to lay proposed 2023 budgets of the Ministry along with those of the affected agencies and take a bow and go .