The leadership of the National Assembly on Thursday met with the two ministers in the federal ministry of finance and top officials of the ministry preparatory to the presentation of the 2023 Budget proposals by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The National Assembly leadership was led by the president of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and the speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila.
The minister of finance, budget and national planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, and minister of state for budget and national planning, Prince Clement Agba, led their team of officials from the finance ministry to the meeting.
Held at the Senate wing of the National Assembly, the meeting was conducted behind closed doors.
It was a follow-up meeting to previous ones held to fine tune the preparation of the budget ahead of its presentation by President Buhari to a special joint session of the National Assembly next month.