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September 25, 2019
PresidentMuhammadu Buhari on Wednesday submitted the 2020 Medium Term ExpenditureFramework and Fiscal Strategy Paper to the Senate.
PresidentBuhari forwarded the MTEF and FSP in a letter addressed to the SenatePresident.
Inthe letter, President Buhari said the 2020-2022 MTEF FSP was prepared takinginto account key developments in the global and domestic environment. He added thathe is trusting that it will be expeditiously considered by the Senate.
SenatePresident Ahmed Lawan earlier last week said the Upper Chamber is anxious toreceive the MTEF and 2020 Budget from the executive and promised that theSenate will consider the MTEF within the first week of resumption.
Meanwhile,Speaker of the house of representatives, femi gbajabiamila said they  hope to take on the MTEF within the firstlegislative week,house committee on Finance will be saddled with its firstmajor responsibility that it works expeditiously on the Fiscal StrategyPaper/Medium Term Expenditure Framework’s request of the executive arm ofgovernment and thereafter the budget will come after that.