Nigeria's President presents Sh2.86tr budget for 2019Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari adjusts his translation device during a news conference at the presidential villa in Abuja, Nigeria. Buhari’s handling of the economy - which emerged from its first recession in 25 years this year but remains sluggish - has become a campaign issue. The spending plan is smaller than the record 9.12 trillion-naira budget for 2018 that he signed into law in June. The budget must still be approved by parliament before it can be signed into law, a process that can take many months. Nigeria’s economy grew by 1.81 percent in the third quarter of this year, the statistics office said last week.

Source: Standard Digital December 20, 2018 05:03 UTC