Senate, Tuesday passed the 2019 Appropriation
The Nigerian Senate,
Tuesday passe
find d the 2019 Appropriation bill. The decision of the house was
sequel to the presentation of the bill by the Senate Committee on
Appropriation.
The chairman of the
Committee, Danjuma Goje, announced an increase in the budget to 8.91 trillion.
N10billion be provided
to assist vic
house tims 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 by N86 billion.
In his remarks, the
senate president, Dr Bukola Saraki said “I want to thank our colleagues,
part
business icularly 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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