Months after President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2018 appropriation bill, there are worries it may not be fully implemented. CHIMA AKWAJA, ANTHONY AWUNOR, BUKOLA IDOWU, OLUSHOLA BELLO, YUSUF BABALOLA, ZAKA KHALIQ and TAIWO OMILANI report.
Seven months after President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2018 appropriation bill to the National Assembly, he grudgingly signed it into law, paving way for government to start spending on capital projects from the N9.12 trillion budget and preventing a government shutdown.
The budget had been increased by the legislators from the initial N8.61 trillion record budget that was presented by the executive. Asides this, president Buhari whilst signing the bill had complained of the additional 6,403 capital projects costing an additional N578 billion that was inserted in the bill as passed by the National Assembly and the slashing of N347 billion in the allocations to 4,700 projects in the original bill sent to the house.
This seeming discord…
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