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THE Senate has deferred the passage of the 2021 budget till Monday, December 21, 2020.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan, who disclosed this at plenary on Wednesday, hinged the development on fresh expenditure items sent to the National Assembly by the Executive.
According to him, the delay is to allow the Senate Committee on Finance capture the new requests in the 2021 Appropriation Bill report.
The Committee would work through the weekend to achieve this, the Senate President said, adding that there would be a special session on Monday to consider and pass the budget.
