Senate raises FCT statutory budget by N46b

The Senate yesterday passed the National Statutory Budget of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of N278, 355,365,947 with an increase of N46bn from the earlier amount of N232, 875,365,947 proposed by the administration to the legislature.

John Akubo, Abuja

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