By Our Correspondent <\/p>\n
The Senate has tentatively fixed Tuesday, March 17, 2026 , for final consideration and passage of N48.472trillion 2026 budget .<\/p>\n
Senate Committee on Appropriations made this declaration at a special session held on Friday, fixing February 2nd to 13th for consideration of the budget estimates at the committee level .<\/p>\n
For all inclusive process, the committee , fixed Monday , February 9, 2026 for public hearing on the budget proposal where according to its Chairman, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola ( Ogun West), an erudite Professor of Economics from University of Lagos , Wasiu Adeoye , will make power points presentation .<\/p>\n
As proposed by Senator Adeola and adopted by the committee, Thursday, March 5, 2026, has been fixed for an interactive session between members of the committee and economic managers of the Federal Government like the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun , Minister of Budget and National Planning , Senator Atiku Bagudu etc .<\/p>\n
This is as he added that 16th to 23rd February 2026, are fixed for submission of reports on budget defence by the various committee chairmen for presentation of reports by the committee to the Senate on 17th of March .<\/p>\n
He informed members of the committee that the Senate wanted the budget passed on the 12th of March , 2026, before he convinced the leadership for an additional one week .<\/p>\n
He added that for meticulous scrutiny and consideration of the budget estimates , hard copies of the 2026 budget have been printed for chairmen and members of the various standing committee’s they <\/p>\n
The committee, accordingly as moved by Senator Adamu Aliero ( Kebbi Central) and seconded by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu ( Abia North), adopted the time table .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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