The Senate at a special plenary up on Monday passed the 2021 budget totalling N13.5trn.

It has an increment of N505bn.

This is an increase of N505 billion from the proposed figures presented by the executive.

This budget was passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives during their special plenary held mainly to pass the budget ahead of the Christmas and New Year break.

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The lawmakers are sticking to the $40 per barrel benchmark price of crude but asked President Buhari to send a supplementary budget because of the increase in oil price in the international market which is hovering between 47-50 dollars per barrel.

This supplementary budget is expected to fund critical areas in the country.

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Key assumptions in the 2021 budget include:

Statutory transfer- N496.528 billion

Recurrent expenditure- N5.641 trillion

Capital expenditure- N4.125 trillion

Debt servicing- N3.324 trillion

GDP growth rate – 3.00%

President, Muhammadu Buhari presented N13.082trn to National Assembly on October 8.

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