Senate President, Bukola Saraki has announced that the 2019 budget
The 2019 budget will be passed on Tuesday, April 30.
The Senate Committee on Appropriation was slated to present the budget proposal before the Senate, but many of the senators were not “fortified with details of the budget hence the postponement”.
The Federal Executive Council had in October 2018 approved a budgetary proposal of N8.73-trillion for the 2019 fiscal year.
The figure is N400bn lesser than the N9.12-trillion 2018 budget.