The size of the 2017 budget has risen by over N143bn, a report of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations indicated on Tuesday.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s original estimates, laid before a joint session of the Senate and the House on December 14, 2016, tallied at N7.298tn.
But the new figure reported by the House committee on Tuesday stood at N7.441tn, a difference of over N143bn.
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