 Good afternoon, I am Justin Al-Qadouni and this is Denise Update in Plus TV Africa. President Mohamed Buhari has laid before the two chambers of the National Assembly their proposed 19.76 trillion dollar budget for the 2023 financial year, which is about a 15.37% increase from the amount budgeted in 2022, being the last to be presented before his tenure elapses. Earlier the President had sent in a letter to the National Assembly regarding the presentation, a correspondence which was read during plenary by the Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femme Bajabia Milan. The President voted some committees of the National Assembly for a proven annual budget of government owned enterprises and given it to them directly for implementation and warned that appropriation for GOE's in the 2023 budget must be returned to the executive after due approval by the relevant committees.