The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the 2023 appropriation budget, raising the N20.51 trillion presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to N21.82 trillion.
This represents N1.31 trillion injected into the budget by the lawmakers.
This followed the consideration and approval of the report of the House committee on Appropriation at plenary in Abuja.
Presenting the report of the committee on Appropriations, the Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Muktar Betara commended the chairmen and members of various committees.
He lauded their efforts at keeping to the January to December budget calendar initiated by the 9th National Assembly.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the budget showed an increase of over N1 trillion proposed estimates of the executive.