The Appropriation Bill was passed unopposed in the National Assembly yesterday, following two weeks of debate and scrutiny of the government’s estimated expenditure for 2019, which is pegged at a total $300.7 billion.
The bill authorises the release of $277,431,968,000 from the Consolidated Fund to meet expenditure for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 2019. Not included was $23,227,043,000 in statutory expenditure, which was previously approved for constitutional agencies.
The bill’s fate has for the last few weeks been the subject of much speculation in light of the opposition’s no-confidence motion against the government that is to be considered by the National Assembly.
