senate president, Dr Bukola Saraki sai
The Nigerian Senate,
Tuesday passed the 2019 Appropriation bill. The decision of the house was
sequel to the p usatimes.cc resentation of the bill by the Senate Committee on
Appropriation.
The chairman of the
Committe
usanews.cc e, Danjuma Goje, announced an increase in the budget to 8.91 trillion.
N10billion be provided
to assist victims of Zamfara State crises and should be added to the total
figures.
However, the figure is
higher than what Buhari presented to the joint session of the national assembly
on December 19
usanews.cc by N86 billion.
In his remarks, the
senate president, Dr Bukola Saraki said “I want to thank our colleagues,
particularly for their understanding and for us to be able to meet todays
deadline in passing the Bill and thank the committee on appropriation too.
“I hope that with this
Budget passed, the Executive will also ensure the full implementation of the
Budget for the benefit of Nigerians as a whole”.
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