Breaking: Senate passes 2024 budget, raises estimates to N28.7trn

The  Senate Saturday passed  an aggregate expenditure of N28.78 trillion naira as budget for the 2022 fiscal year, higher by N1.2trillion to N27.5trillion proposal submitted to it by President Bola Tinubu last month.

It also increased the exchange rate from N750 to N800 per dollar while the 1.78mbpd daily oil production, US$77.96 oil benchmark price and GDP growth rate of 3.88% were approved as proposed by the executive arm of government. 

Out of the N28.78 trillion aggregate expenditure passed, N1.74 trillion is for Statutory Transfer; N8.77 trillion is for Recurrent Expenditure; N9.99 trillion is for Capital Expenditure; and N8.27 trillion is for Debt Service. 

The passage followed the consideration of a report by the Appropriations Committee on the 2024 Appropriations Bill presented by its chair, Senator Adeola Olamilekan (APC, Ogun).

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