Nigeria’s legislature on Thursday increased the value of the country’s 2020 budget outline to 10.729 trillion naira ($35 billion) based on expectations of higher oil prices.
The legislature passed a medium-term expenditure framework that increased the anticipated oil price to $57 per barrel from a previous $55 per barrel. That pushed the budget up from 10.002 trillion naira.
The document is a plan Nigeria uses to prepare its annual budget. The finance minister submits the framework to the legislature, which must then approve the document.
