Senate may pass 2025 budget on 31 January

Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the federal government will start appearing before members of the National Assembly on Tuesday to defend their budgetary allocations for the 2025 fiscal year.

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Adeola Olamilekan, disclosed this on Monday during a meeting with committee chairmen and principal officers of the Senate.

Mr Olamilekan, the Ogun West Senatorial District senator, also said all committees are expected to submit a report of the defence exercise to the appropriation committee for ratification between 15 and 18 January.