2020 Budget: Reps begin debate to pass appropriation bill for second reading

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President Muhammadu Buhari presented a spending plan of N10.3 trillion to the National Assembly, making the 2020 budget the country’s highest ever.

, making next year’s proposed budget the country’s highest ever.

The budget was prepared on the assumption of $57 per barrel with crude oil production of 2.18 million barrels per day and the exchange at N305 to $1. He said the timeline for budget defence by ministries, departments and agencies spelt out by the house was sacrosanct. “I am happy that N83 billion has been earned marked for agriculture, although we are far away from the Maputo Declaration.

Another lawmaker, Muhammadu Jega , said the VAT increase as stated by the president will be in favour of state and local governments.” “The oil benchmark is feasible with our recent history. I will like to point our attention to the steady GDP growth in the past quarter.

 

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