FG TO SPEND N20bn ON 30,000 NIGER DELTA Ex MILITANTS IN 2016

N115 billion has been allocated to the National Assembly in the 2016 budget. This is besides N60 billion allocated for constituency projects.

Under the budget, the federal government plans to spend N20 billion on the Presidential Amnesty Programme which include stipends and allowances of 30,000 Niger Delta Ex-militants- N7.875 billion; Operational cost- N1. 834 billion; Reintegration of transformed ex-militants- N10.291 billion.

Furthermore, the Federal government allocated N200 billion for special capital projects, and N20 billion as sinking Fund for Infrastructural Developments. The budget also contained N5.5 billion to be paid to state governments for repairs of federal roads, while local contractors are to be N5.5 billion.