The Senate on Wednesday commenced debate on the general principles of the 2020 Appropriation Bill.

President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday presented an estimate of N10.33trillion as proposed aggregate expenditure for 2020 to a joint session of the National Assembly.

Leader of the Senate, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi, had moved a motion that the a Bill for an Act to authorize the issue from the consolidated revenue fund of the Federation the total sum of N10,330,416,607,347.00 of which N556,700,827,235.00 is for statutory transfers, N2,748,598,930,000.00 is for Debt Service, N4,880,309,549,778.00 is for Recurrent (Non-Debt) Expenditure, while the sum of N2,144,807,300,334.00 is for contribution to the Development Fund for Capital Expenditure for the year ending on the 31st December, 2020, be considered for second reading.

solmusdesigns:



Its good to see Ekweramadu at the back of the Chambers humbled, and raising his hands like a mere flow member that he his


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solmusdesigns:



Its good to see Ekweramadu at the back of the Chambers humbled, and raising his hands like a mere flow member that he his


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winterfell007:
A budget that is bound to fail like very another budget before it. Look at a large chunk of our budget going to recurrent expenditure. Let ask, how many people are working in civil service both in the federal and state governments to warrant such huge allocations
At times, I would wish Peter Obi was the president. I trust to do the right thing. But tribalism and ethic jingoist would never let that happen. We'll forever be a shit-hole nation, it's evident.