More details has emerged about the revised 2020 budget which has been signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday 10 July 2020. The N10.8 trillion budget was passed by the Senate and House of Representatives on Thursday 11 June and Wednesday 10 June 2020 respectively.

According to the details revealed by BudgIT Nigeria, a civic tech organisation, raising the standards of transparency, citizen engagement & accountability most especially in public finance, just 3.8% (N414 bn) of the total budget was allocated to health sector, despite Covid-19 pandemic.

87.6% of allocation to health (N363bn) will be spent on personnel and admin costs, while just N51bn was set aside for capital projects in the Health Sector.

Allocations to Ministry of Agriculture is a paltry N160bn. This represents just 1.5% of the...


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