N280bn released so far for capital projects in 2020 — Nigerian govt
The Nigerian government on Friday said it has so far released N285 billion to some Ministries, Departments, and Agencies of government for the implementation of capital projects contained in the nation’s 2020 budget.
The minister, who was in the company of members of the presidential committee on the impact of COVID 19 on Nigeria’s economy, listed the ministries of education, health, transport, works and housing and the Niger-Delta as beneficiaries. “As of Tuesday this week, we have released N285 billion to a number of agencies. We prioritised the releases to the critical infrastructure agencies but we also made releases to education as well as health, to the ministries of transport, works, and housing, Niger-Delta and a number of ministries and agencies that have important infrastructure projects have got their funds,” she said.
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