The Senate on Tuesday approved over N1 trillion for the 2021 and 2022 budgets of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
The total amount approved is N1,413,991,634,495.65 for 2021 and 2022 fiscal appropriation years of the commission.
While N485,794,575,131 was approved for 2021, N928,297,049,364.65 was approved for 2022.
Passage of the budget was sequel to a report of the Senate Ad hoc Committee on NDDC presented at the plenary.
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The ad hoc committee chaired by Yusuf Yusuf (APC, Taraba Central) was constituted by the Senate to review expenditures of the NDDC in 2021 and 2022 by management of the commission without approval from the senate.
Mr Yusuf while presenting the report at the plenary complained that details of revenue and expenditures of the NDDC in 2021, 2022 and 1st quarter of 2023 were not provided by the concerned authorities in the ministry of finance.
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