Abuja — The passage of the 2017 budget has been delayed by last week's raid on the Abuja home of the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Danjuma Goje, by officers of the Nigeria Police. Goje, who raised a point of order, said the Appropriation Committee had planned to lay the budget on Tuesday for the Senate's passage yesterday. He added that the committee was unable to meet since the raid, as some of the documents were not available. The proposed budget was initially slated for passage before the end of March but the Senate later gave a May 5 deadline for its passage. Furthermore, the Nigeria Youth employment and social support project will gulp $100 million while the Fadama III project will gulp $50 million.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 27, 2017 04:07 UTC