As at the end of November, only 15 per cent of funds have been released from the 2017 annual budget across all sectors of government, Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Senator Lanre Tejuoso, has said.
He said the poor release of funds to address 2017 budgetary allocations was not only affecting ministries and departments, but the general populace, adding that the federal government have now said they were going to take loan to fund the budget.
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