We Won’t Pass 2025 Budget Before Jan 31 – Senate

The Senate yesterday informed Nigerians not to expect the passage of the N49.7 trillion budget presented by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the 2025 fiscal year before January 31.

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, who dropped the hints in Abuja yesterday, told newsmen that budget defence by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government would commence on January 7.

The President presented a budget of N49.7 trillion to a joint session of the National Assembly on December 18, urging the lawmakers to expeditiously pass the 2025 Appropriation Bill for immediate implementation.

The Senate spokesman, representing Ekiti South on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) platform, also said the joint Committees of the House of Representatives and Senate on Appropriations would on January 31 submit the final report of the budget

Already, the Appropriation Bill has scaled second reading at both chambers of the National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives).

According to Senator Adaramodu; “Joint Committees of Senate and House of Representatives will start meeting with MDAs on January 7, 2025″, adding that the ” Final report will be laid on 31st January.”