The National Assembly has received a supplement to the 2023 Appropriations Bill from President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retired).
On Wednesday, Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, read aloud to the members the contents of the cover letter for the bill.
In the cover letter, Buhari claimed that the additional request for N819,536,937,813 for the following year was necessary because of the destruction that floods caused to farming and road infrastructure.
According to the President, Nigeria witnessed the “worst flood incidents in recent history, which has caused massive destruction of farmlands,â€