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Senate approves Pres BUHARI adjustment of 2016 Budget .

The Senate therefore approved for the Executive Arm of Government to convert two hundred and thirteen billion naira for Special Intervention to cover critical recurrent and capital ?items.

But the approved sum is far in excess of the one hundred and eight billion naira President BUHARI had requested to be moved from the five hundred billion naira Social Intervention Fund.

Our correspondent JAMES IGAH reports that the approval followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Appropriation?.

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