Due to the disparity in provision for capital and recurrent expenditure in the 2015 budget, the House of Representatives has demanded an upward review of the Appropriation Bill for capital votes.
Chairman of the National Assembly Budget and Research Office, NABRO, who doubles as chairman of the House Committee on Legislative Budget, Bamidele Opeyemi, revealed this in an interview with newsmen, weekend. Vanguard recalls that of the total budget proposal of N4.357 trillion, N411,840 billion is for statutory transfers, N943 billion for debt servicing and N2,616,