The 2020 revised budget has been increased by the House
of Representatives to N10.805 trillion.
It was reported that, President Muhammadu Buhari had
presented a revised 2020 appropriation of N10.59 trillion to the National
Assembly for approval.
The budget as approved by the House indicate that
the budget for the National Assembly was retained at N128 billion as contained
in the original 2020 budget passed in December 2019 as against the N115 billion
contained in the revised budget.
While considering the budget on the floor of the
House, the lawmakers included N4 billion vote to address the grievances of
Resident Doctors who are threatening to embark on industrial action, thereby
increasing the figure submitted to the House by the Finance Committee.
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