ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- President Bola Tinubu has written the House of Representatives seeking approval of the green chamber for $8.6bn and €100m external borrowing plan.
He said it will be for critical infrastructure in areas such as power, roads, water, railway, and health.
President Tinubu also forwarded the Federal Capital Territory Supplementary Budget to House for consideration.
He will present the 2024 budget to the National Assembly on Wednesday. This was after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved a 2024 budget of N27.5 trillion.
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The approval followed the review of the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) earlier passed by the National Assembly which benchmarked the exchange rate at N700 to $1 and crude oil price at $73.96 cent per barrel.
Abubakar Bagudu, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, told journalists at the State House on Monday that FEC revised the MTEF and the Fiscal Policy to use an exchange rate of N750 to $1 and also a benchmark crude oil reference price of $77.96 per barrel.
He said that the FEC also approved an Appropriation Bill for 2024 with an aggregate expenditure of N27.5 trillion, an increase of over N1.5 trillion from the previously estimated.