President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan has set a new date for the passage of the 2020 Appropriation bill for the 2020 fiscal year.
The decision of the President of the Senate was predicated on the fact that the committee was not yet ready with the report as it said it was making finishing touches to the details before printing the Appropriation bill for the Senate to consider.
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation had sought the leave of the Senate to allow the committee one more week to finish with its correction on the bill.
Although Lawan was not categorically on the specific date for the passage of the appropriation bill, he assured that the bill will be passed in the first week of December.
His words: “If I understand you you are working with your colleagues and members of the House of Representatives and of course Tuesday will be the 3rd of December, so submission of your report will be unfailing.
“The Senate will give you an additional week and that is that you will submit the report unfailingly. Tuesday will be the third of December 2019.
“You should be able to lay it here and then the Senate will pass it withing that week by the grace of God.
