The 2019 budget has been passed by the senate after it was submitted to the national assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Senate
The Senate on Tuesday approved the sum of N8.916 trillion as the budget for the 2019 fiscal year.
The amount passed by the apex legislative chamber is, however, N86 billion higher than the N8.83 trillion initially submitted to the National Assembly in December 2018 for approval by President Muhammadu Buhari.
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