FEC approves 2019 budget proposal

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved next year’s budget proposal.

The approval was granted during Friday’s special FEC session presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa.

The Minister of Budget and Planning, Udoma Udoma announced the approval while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the FEC meeting at the presidential villa, Abuja.

Udoma said the council will liaise with the National Assembly to determine when the President will submit the draft estimates for the consideration of the two chambers.