The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the salaries committee to review payroll and also review the number of agencies.
The government will also remove some unnecessary items from the budget as a move to cut the cost of governance in the country.
Zainab disclosed this at the ongoing ‘National Policy Dialogue on Corruption and Cost of Governance in Nigeria’ held in Abuja on Tuesday.
The programme was organised by the Independent Corrupt Practice Commission.
The government had approved a N13.88trn budget with a deficit of over N5.6trn.
The government projected a revenue of N7.98trn to fund part of the 2021 budget.