UPDATED: Reps pass 2021 budget, raise estimates by N500bn

The House of Representatives has passed the 2021 Appropriation Bill, raising the total estimates from the proposed N13.08tn to N13,588,027,886,175, an increase of over N500bn.

The passage followed the consideration and adoption of the report by the House Committee on Appropriations on the national budget.

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Both the Senate and the House of Representatives held special sessions today mainly to pass the budget ahead of the Christmas and New Year break.

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