Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has proposed N8.83 trillion budget for 2019 to the joint session of the National Assembly.
The presentation of the budget was made under a rowdy session with opposition lawmakers repeatedly booing the President as he listed his achievements.
The budget proposal was prepared based on the following assumptions:
Oil price: $60 per barrel of oil
Production rate: 2.3 million barrels per day
Exchange rate: N305 to $1
Real GDP growth: 3.01 per cent
Inflation rate: 9.98 per cent.
The proposed budget shows that about a quarter of the sum (N2.14 trillion) will be used for debt servicing while capital expenditure is expected to gulp N2.031 trillion.
See more breakdown below:
Recurrent – N4.04 trillion
Debt service – N2.14 trillion
Statutory transfer – N492.36 billion
Sinking fund – N120 billion
Capital expenditure – N2.031 trillion
Details coming …