TUESDAY 12th October, 2021: The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, is expected to forward the 2022 Appropriation Bill to the Committee in charge of Appropriation, today during the plenary.
This information was disclosed yesterday in Abuja by a member of the panel on the condition of anonymity.
According to the source, members of the panel would hold their inaugural meeting as soon as the committee received the fiscal document from the Senate President.
He added, "It is at our inaugural meeting that we would draw up the timetable for the budget defense session where the various heads of federal ministries, departments and agencies would interact with the Senate committees in charge of their oversight.
“The interface would last for about two or three weeks after which the Appropriation committee will start receiving reports from the chairmen of the various senate panels for collation."
In an interview regarding the issue, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Solomon Adeola stated that the National Assembly would not delay the passage of the budget.
According to him, "The leadership of the National Assembly will secure the commitment of Mr. President that no head of the MDAs would be allowed to travel out of Abuja throughout the period of the budget defense."
It was also gathered that efforts to establish communication on Monday with the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Barau Jibrin, on the issue were futile. 
President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier presented the N16.39trn 2022 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly.