The Senate commenced a debate today on the general principles of the 2022 budget.

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, who presided over the session, said that the debate will be concluded on Wednesday.

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had, last Thursday, submitted the 2022 Appropriation Bill to a joint sitting of the National Assembly.

It is titled, ‘A bill for an Act to authorise the issuance from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, the total sum of N16,391,023, 917,692, etc.”