Senate approves N346.3bn NDDC’s 2019 budget - The Nation News

Senate approves N346.3bn NDDC’s 2019 budget

The Senate on Thursday approved the sum of N346,388,900,000.00 as budget for the Niger Delta Development Commission for the 2019 fiscal year.

According to him, the sum of N22,338,190,000 is for Personnel Expenditure; N13,466,810,000 for Overheads; N4,083,000,000 for Internal Capital Expenditure and N306,500,900,000 for Development Projects. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, however advised the committee to roll over projects captured in the last six months of 2019 into the January – May timeline of the 2020 budget so as to accommodate a schedule for the NDDC that aligns with the January – December budget cycle.

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