National Assembly Passes N21.8trn 2023 Budget

The National Assembly has passed the 2023 appropriation bill at N21.83 trillion.

This has an increase of N1.32 trillion from the initial N20.51 trillion budget proposal of President Muhammadu Buhari.

A breakdown of the budget shows an allocation of N967.5 billion for statutory transfers, N6.6 trillion for debt servicing, N8.3 trillion for recurrent expenditure, and N5.9 trillion for capital expenditure.

Meanwhile, the Senate has passed the 2022 supplementary budget of N819.5 billion.

According to the upper chamber, the amendment of the 2022 Appropriation Act is to ensure the implementation of the key capital project in the Act which has not been funded as at this time.

The upper chamber said it is important that the capital projects be postponed to prevent the problem of abandoning projects in the budget.

The supplementary budget is to address food security following devastating floods nationwide as well as damages to road infrastructure and the water sector.