The Senate has postponed the passage of the 2023 budget as well as the Finance Bill, until Wednesday, December 28th, 2022.

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, while making this known during plenary, explained that the Upper Chamber is postponing the budget passage because of some challenges in receiving the report on the 2023 budget from the appropriations committee.

Lawan added that the Senate Appropriations Committee kickstarted a process of cleaning up the 2023 budget first and they engaged the executive in the cleanup exercise.

According to him, the process was concluded on Wednesday, December 21st and the Committee couldn’t conclude putting together the report for submission.