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BREAKING: Reps pass revised budget, approve Buhari’s $5.5bn loan
The House of Representatives has passed the revised 2020 Appropriation Bill, raising the national budget to N10.8 trillion from the initial N10.5 trillion submitted by the president.
Although the Committees on Appropriations and Finance, whose report was considered and adopted at plenary on Wednesday recommended N10,801,544,664,642, the lawmakers inserted an additional N4bn for the welfare of members of the National Association of Resident Doctors who have threatened strike.
The House also approved the request by the President Muhammadu Buhari for the Federal Government to obtain external loans totalling $5,513,000000.
