Budget: Govt proposes $42.5 oil benchmark for 2017, $45 for 2018

Sam Ikeotuonye 11 October 2016, Sweetcrude, Lagos –  The Federal Government has proposed an oil benchmark price of $42.5 per barrels for the  2017 Budget and $45 for 2018. This is according to the 2017-2019 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper forwarded last week to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari. The document […] More »