FG prioritises NASS, State House spendings amid MDAs’ funding crisis

• Three top spending items overrun estimates, receive N140.6b in six months • 51% of N19.4b H1 budgetary allocations held back • Agricultural research, foreign missions get zero funding • Stakeholders fear regulatory crisis in oil sector, disregard for PIA

Geoff Iyatse (Lagos) and Kingsley Jeremiah (Abuja)