Senate to start budget debate next Tuesday

The Senate has announced Tuesday the 19th of January as commencement date for debate on the 2016 Budget Proposal.

The following tweet from the Twitter handle of the Nigerian Senate confirmed the date which was earlier announced by Saraki during Wednesday's plenary.

“Senate President @bukolasaraki announces that the debate of #2016AppropriationBill will commence on Tuesday 19th January 2016."

There were reports on Tuesday that the 2016 Appropriation Bill which was presented to a joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 had gone missing.

A committee set up by the Senate during Tuesday's closed session to look into the missing budget is billed to submit its report tomorrow.