BREAKING: Senate Passes N8.916trn 2019 Budget

The Senate has passed the 2019 Appropriation Bill of N8.916 trillion.

This is N86 billion higher than the proposal of N8.83 trillion presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly for the 2019 fiscal year.

The lawmakers passed the bill during Tuesday’s plenary after considering the report of the Senate Committee on Appropriations on the 2019 Appropriation Bill presented by Senator Danjuma Goje.

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