FG proceeds with unambitious budget, proposes N27.5tr next year 

FG proceeds with unambitious budget, proposes N27.5tr next year 

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The Federal Executive Council (FEC), yesterday, approved a total expenditure of N27.5 trillion for next year, endorsing the continuation of spurious appropriation benchmarks and unambitious public spending.

Details of the appropriation may be laid before the National Assembly tomorrow. With the 2024 – 2026 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP), a three-year rolling plan, already passed by the parliament last week, getting the lawmakers to approve the estimates may be a walk in the park for the executive.

Should there be painstaking scrutiny, the…
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