Senate approves NDDC budget with over N50 billion cut - Premium Times Nigeria

Senate approves NDDC budget with over N50 billion cut

Although details of the proposed budget was not stated then, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta, Peter Nwabaoshi, said Mr Buhari presented a budget proposal of N409.9 billion for the NDDC for the 2019 fiscal year.

However, presenting the report of the committee, Mr Nwabaoshi noted that the developmental aspect of the budget is basically a rollover of the 2018 Budget which is in furtherance of the drive to ensure completion of ongoing projects.

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