2018 Budget: Why I called ex-President Obasanjo – Sen. Ben Bruce
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Debate on the N8.612 trillion 2018 Appropriation Bill opened Tuesday in both chambers of the National Assembly with senators faulting some of its projections, describing them as unrealistic.
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