The Senate on Tuesday adjourned plenary till April 9, to allow its committee on Appropriation conclude work on the 2019 Budget.

This followed the inability of the committee to submit its report on the budget as proposed when the Senate adjourned on March 20.

In his remark, the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki urged the committee to tidy up its report and lay it latest on April 11 to enable the House pass the budget on April 16.

"We suspended sitting so that today the Appropriation Committee can lay its report for consideration.

"We must make sure they submit latest Friday. So let us agree that will suspend plenary by one week till April 9.

"We should be able to reconvene here on April 9 and latest April 11 to lay the report and pass the budget latest April 16.

"We have the Easter break coming. So we do not have the luxury of time"

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