 The Senate has passed the $2.17 trillion 20-23 supplementary appropriation bill recently sent to aid by President Borla Tinibu. The passage followed the adoption of the report of the harmonized seatings of both chambers of the bill as submitted by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Solomon Adiola. The key component of the budget includes $210 billion for wage award for civil servants, $105 billion for national security and defence, $300 billion for maintenance of bridges, especially the Co-bridge, and $400 billion for cash transfer to vulnerable households, $200 billion on narrower that will proceed in agricultural, labor, and equipment, and $10 billion for independent national electoral commission to conduct off-season elections. Recommendation. The Appropriation Committee considered the details provision of the bill and the impute received from the aid of benefitting MDAs as well as the leadership of the Correspondents of Committee in the Senate and recommend as follows. The authorisation of the issuance from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation, the aggregate sum of $2 trillion, $176 billion, $791,286.003. The Senate President Gutswill and Papua announced the approval of the supplementary budget after the majority of the Senate supported it through a voice vote. The Senate colleagues, a bill for an act to authorize the issuance from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation, of the total sum of $2 trillion, $176 billion, $791,286.003. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news, please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.