Nigeria, Oct. 1 -- The Senate Committee on North-central Development Commission (NCDC) has approved a budgetary allocation of N140 billion for the commission in the 2025 fiscal year.

The committee chairperson, Titus Zam (APC, Benue), announced the approval on Tuesday after the commission's Managing Director, Tsenyil Yiltsen, appeared before the panel to defend the budget.

It also comes barely three months before the end of the year.

"After a careful look at the issues contained in the budget and the eloquent presentation by the MD and his team, the committee has approved the budget of N140 billion as presented by the commission," he said.

The NCDC is one of the regional commissions established under President Bola Tinubu's administrat...