 The Manjuan government has approved 27.5 trillion Naira for the 2024 Appropriation Bill, according to Minister of Budget and National Planning Atikuba Goodu. The medium-term expenditure framework MTEF, which was approved by the National Assembly, has been reviewed, resulting in a target revenue of 18 trillion Naira for the next fiscal year. The council has also reviewed the MTEF, which has an exchange rate of 715 Naira to a dollar and a crude oil benchmark of 73 dollars to improve revenue. In determination to find more money to fund our priorities, today the Federal Executive Council further reviewed, revised the medium-term expenditure framework and the fiscal policy framework. And two of the important decisions was to use an exchange rate of 750 Naira to a dollar and also a benchmark crude oil reference price of 77 dollars 96 cents, meaning 4 dollars more than the earlier approval. Equally, the Federal Executive Council approved the 2024 Appropriation Bill and the presentation of such to the National Assembly by His Excellency, Mr. President. The bill has an aggregate expenditure of 27 trillion 500 billion. The forecast revenue is now a 10.32 trillion, which is higher than the 2023 revenue, including that provided in the two supplementary budgets. Equally and commendably, the deficit is lower than that of 2023.