The House of Representatives has adopted the report of its Committee on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on the 2019 budget of N346.4 billion for the agency.
The lawmakers approved the report on Wednesday during plenary in the lower chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
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A breakdown of the total figure shows that N22.3 billion is for personnel cost and N13.5 billion is earmarked for overhead expenditure.
The sum of N4.1 billion was allocated for capital expenditure while N305.5 billion was for development projects.
