• Defence gets lion’s share • Yacht belongs to Navy, Presidency insists
Amid outcry by Nigerians on the subject of some subheads in government’s spending while severe hardship dot across the country, the National Assembly yesterday, passed the N2.176 trillion supplementary budget requested by President Bola Tinubu. There were however remarkable differences in the final draft approved by both chambers of the National Assembly.
While the House of Representatives bowed to popular outcry generated over the controversial allocation of N5.095 billion for the purchase of presidential yacht, which it delisted, the Senate went ahead to pass it amid strident explanations by the Presidency.
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