Breaking: Senate Approves N74.77bn For the Nigeria Police Trust Fund.

The Senate has approved the sum of N74,773,601,916.30 as the 2021 budget of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund.

The approval which was made on Wednesday June 30, follows the presentation of the harmonised report of the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Police Affairs on the floor at plenary.

The police trust fund will take care of the welfare of officers

Chairman Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Senator Haliru Dauda Jika, presented the report.

Out of the amount, N988,279,006.05 was earmarked for personnel cost, N10,027,610,310.25 for overhead expenditure and N63,757,712,600.00 as capital expenditure.