The budget was passed after the two chambers considered and adopted the report of their Committees on Appropriations. Experts in financial affairs said there was positive prospects in the projections but called on the federal government to be meticulous in utilising resources by executing viable projects that would improve the life of the citizenry. They called on the government to closely monitor revenue generation agencies by blocking leakages, and also called on members of the National Assembly to carry out oversight functions for the right thing to be done without intimidation.
‘Why we increased budget’ Explaining the increase, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Barau Jibrin (APC, Kano), said there was the late receipt of a spending request for the upscaling of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) from the executive amounting to N365 billion.