The Senate would on December 3 receive the harmonized version of the 2021 budget. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Jibril Barau, disclosed this on Wednesday in a chat with journalists.
He spoke after some Chairmen of Senate Committees submitted their reports for consideration.
Barau said, “We have our time table, we want to submit by December 3. We are going to submit harmonized version of 2021 budget by the grace of God.
“We are working toward submission of the budget on December 3.”
Barau said the committee would address the the issue of omission of some agencies in the budget
He said: “The budget proposal is a very very wide process talking about estimate of expenditures that are going to be overtaken by federal government.
“So, you have several expenditures, so there is room for omission that is why we are here. We tell our own committees to go and scrutinize the budget of ministries and report back to us.
“Whatever you see in the budget whether is an omission, our work is to get the report and engage our own expert here.
“We have accountants, we have economists, they will be addressed, if there is need for correction, if there is an omission, we will fill those gaps. So there is no cause for alarm. “
