The proposed 2018 budget has all the trappings and failings of the previous budgets. In my opinion, a good place to start the next budget is from the actual of the outgoing fiscal year.
The President, on November 7th, presented a record-high budget proposal of N8.612 trillion to the National Assembly for the 2018 fiscal year. The proposal, tagged the budget of consolidation, is an increase of about 18percent over the 2017 budget. The budget was premised on the oil price of $45 per
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Olugbenga A. Olufeagba
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