Senate Gives Buhari September Deadline To Submit Budget.

The Nigerian Senate in a plenary on Wednesday gave the federal government a deadline till the end of September to submit it’s budget for the year.

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, urged the Executive arm of Government to work on the estimates for the 2021 budget to ensure its timely presentation to the National Assembly.

1. 2021-2023 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) by Senator Yahaya Abdullahi (Senate Leader)

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According to Lawan, the submission of the 2021 budget by President Buhari before or by September ending will afford the red chamber sufficient time go through the document and approve it before 2020 runs out.