The Senate has approved the sum of N11,352,457,101.70 as year 2020 budget for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund , the implementation of which will lapse by April 30, 2021.
Presenting the harmonised report, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Senator Halliru Jika, submitted that the Joint Committee observed that “this is the first budget of the NPTF, since the establishment Act came into being in the year 2019”. He, therefore, called on the NPTF to expedite action on the implementation of the 2020 budget in order to meet up with the April 30, 2021 deadline.
He, however, explained that the balance of N23,631,857,141.30 will be carried over to the 2021 budget of the NPTF.
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