On Saturday, December 30, the Senate will convene in plenary to discuss and approve the 2024 budget by 1:00 PM.
The Senate had on Wednesday 21st December 2023 adjourned plenary till Friday 29th December to consider and pass the 2024 budget.
But the date was moved to Saturday, December 30, as stated in a statement from Chinedu Akubueze, the Senate Clerk
The National Assembly’s leadership has stated that they are willing to approve the 2024 budget before the end of 2023 in order to keep the federal government’s January-December budget cycle in place .
In a fresh statement that was made available to reporters on Saturday morning, Akabueze announced that the plenary will now start at precisely 1 p.m.
“This is to kindly inform Distinguished Senators that the plenary sitting of the Senate, scheduled for Saturday, December 30th, 2023, will hold by 1pm prompt,” the statement read.