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

The approval  followed the presentation of the harmonized report of both the Senate and the House of Representatives Committees on Police Affairs  at plenary.

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

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