For the second time in two weeks, approval of the 2019 budget suffered a setback on Wednesday in the Senate as its approval was again postponed till next week.
This was due to the inability of lawmakers to have printed copies of the budget, according to the Senate.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who presided over the session on Wednesday, urged the Senate Committee on Appropriations to ensure that all 109 senators have printed copies of the budget by next Monday.
It would be recalled that the Committee had last week presented the budget on the floor of the Senate.
Saraki had earlier assured that the upper legislative chamber would pass the budget by April 16, 2019.
The development is coming four months after President Muhammadu Buhari presented a budget of N8.83 trillion before a joint session of the National Assembly.
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