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Nigeria: Ngama - President Jonathan Studying 2013 Budget

By Muhammad Bello, 16 January 2013
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Budget 2013

President Goodluck Jonathan is currently studying the 2013 N4.987 trillion budget which was submitted to him by the National Assembly (NASS).

Minister of State for Finance, Dr Yerima Ngama disclosed this to State House correspondents Wednesday at the close of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting which was preside over by the president.

The FEC also approved and directed the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Muhammad Bello Adoke to transmit a new bill on the Prohibition of Trafficking of Persons to the NASS.

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