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Senate passes N74.78bn 2021 Police Trust Fund budget

By Uchechi Ojo June 30, 2021245 views

The Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N74,773,601,916.30 as the 2021 budget of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund.

The approval followed the presentation of the harmonised report of the Senate and the House of Representatives Committees on Police Affairs at plenary.

Chairman Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Senator Haliru Dauda Jika, presented the report.

N988,279,006.05 out of the amount was earmarked for personnel cost; N10,027,610,310.25 for overhead expenditure; and N63,757,712,600.00 as capital expenditure.

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