
• As Finance Minister consults NASS leadership on 2021-2023 MTEF/FSP
The Federal Government told the Senate on Thursday that President Muhammadu would sogn the revised 2020 Appropriation Bill into law on Ftida, July 10.
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainan Ahmed said that President Buhari would present to the joint session of the National Asdembly the 2021 budget on September
Disclosing this in Abuja while briefing principal officers of the Senate and House of Representatives led by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning said that President Buhari had directed the Ministry to expedite action on next year’s budget estimates to enable him to present the 2021 budget proposal
The Minister, in company with the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, met with the leadership of the National Assembly on plans to submit the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) later this month.
Ahmed further said that in keeping strictly with the January – December budget cycle, the President would tomorrow sign into law, the revised N10.8 trillion budget for the year 2020 passed by the National Assembly in June.