 President Balai Tinibu has informed the Senate of his intention to present the 2024 preparation bill to a joint session of the National Assembly tomorrow, Wednesday, November 29, by 11 a.m. Tinibu's letter was read by the president of the Senate, Goswylak Pabiu, during Plenary on Tuesday. In the letter, President Tinibu craved the indulgence of the lawmakers to present the 2024 budget at a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives. Before a preparation bill, I crave the indulgence of the Senate to grant me the slots of 1,100 hours on Wednesday, the 29th day of November 2023 to formally present the 2024 preparation bill to a joint session of the National Assembly. While I look forward to addressing the joint session, please accept, distinguish, serve President and Distinguished Senators, the assurances of my highest regards signed President Balai Tinibu. So, tomorrow, Wednesday, we'll have a sitting earlier and then we'll join Mr. President by 11 a.m. Meanwhile, President Balai Tinibu is asking the Senate to concede and approve the approximately 8.7 billion dollars and 100 million euros external borrowing plan to ensure gross implementation of projects. The projects, according to the president, cut across all sectors with specific emphasis on infrastructure, agriculture, education, water supply, employment generation and security. Quite a prover is in the sum of United States dollars, it's 8,699,550, 168,559 dollars. And for the euro, looking at a total of 100 million euros. Projects and programs in the borrowing plan, including employment generation, skills acquisition, support towards the emergence of more entrepreneurs, poverty reduction and food security, to improve the livelihood in all the 36 states of the federation has become imperative that we resort to prudent and external borrowing to bridge the financial gap, which will largely be applied to key infrastructure projects, including power, railway, health, among others.