Reps approve extension of N2.177tn supplementary budget

The House of Representatives yesterday, approved the extension of the N2.177 trillion Supplementary Act, 2023, from December 31, 2023, to June 30, 2024, following President Bola Tinubu’s request. The budget revealed that the sum of N967,486,010,536 was for Statutory Transfers; N6,557,597,611,797 was for Debt Service; N8,329,370,195,637 was for Recurrent (Non-Debt) Expenditure while the sum of N5,972,734,929,421 was for contribution to the Development Fund for Capital Expenditure for the year ending 31st day of December 2023. Also, N165 billion was for National Judicial Council (NJC); N119,939,603,660 was for NDDC; while the sum of N103,288,086,976 was for Universal Basic Education (UBE); Public Complaints Commission got N10.690 billion; INEC got N173,635,157,400; National Human Right Commission got N4.5 billion; North East Development Commission got N59,038,929,318; Basic Health Care Fund got N51,644,043,487 while National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) got N51,644,043,487.