What to expect ahead of President Buhari’s 2020 budget presentation
07 October 2019 |
4:01 pm
Nigeria's Federal Executive Council is meeting to finalise the 2020 budget ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari's much-anticipated presentation to a joint session of the National Assembly tomorrow. Last week, the senate increased the proposed 2020 budget to N10.7 trillion. Steve Osho, Co-Managing Partner at Comercio Partners joins CNBC Africa for more.
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