Supplementary budget to address housing deficit, insecurity, others: Reps
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Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Abubakar Bichi, has said President Bola Tinubu’s supplementary appropriation bill is strategically structured to address the country’s security concerns, bolster food security and enhance critical road infrastructure.
Mr Bitchi spoke when the ministers of works, defence, agriculture and food security, alongside service chiefs and INEC chairman, appeared before the committee for budget defence in Abuja.
He said the budget would also tackle the housing deficit, including slum upgrades and urban renewal.
He noted that the proposals also included provisions for the payment of provisional wages to workers and cash transfers to vulnerable Nigerians.
Mr Bitchi further stated that the bill would also allocate resources for upcoming off-cycle elections in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo states.
The House of Representatives on October 31 received a N2.18 trillion supplementary appropriation bill focused on security and critical sectors.
The bill, according to President Tinubu, is aimed at improving various critical sectors.
Those who appeared before the committee to defend their budget included the Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi and the Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari,
Others were the service chiefs, the Nigeria Police, and the Independent Electoral Commission among others.
While speaking, Mr Umahi, said N18.6 billion was required to build a perfect road network across the federation, adding that most Nigerian roads were in a deplorable situation.
He said, “I recently travelled to Edo State by road, and it took me 14 hours to get to Benin because of the deplorable state of our roads in the country.”
(NAN)
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