The House of Representatives has increased the N180 billion virement sought for by President Muhammadu Buhari to fund critical recurrent and capital items by N28 billion, taking it to N208.821 billion.
The president had written the National Assembly on October 26, seeking the approval of the legislature to vire N180.8 billion from the funds appropriated for special intervention in the 2019 budget.
Virement allows the government to transfer funds to new subheads different from what was approved.
The intervention is to fund critical recurrent and capital items.
The report of the House Committee on Appropriation was presented to the House on Wednesday by its Chairman, Mustapha Dawaki (APC- Kano).
The report showed that the request for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (foreign missions), increased from N14billion to N16.34 billion.
Also, increased was the request for statutory transfer (Public Complaints Commission), which was increased from N1.2 billion to N2.5 billion. All other items were retained as requested.
While presenting the report to on Thursday, Mr. Dawaki disclosed said the committee met with those relevant to the proposal.
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