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Sectoral Composition of Government Expenditure and Development Outcomes in Nigeria

The budget is the primary function of the government. Due to inefficiency of sectoral allocations in Nigeria, the study therefore seeks to examine how sectoral composition of government expenditure influences development outcomes in Nigeria, employing data from the publications of central bank of Nigeria's statistical bulletin and World Development Indicators from 1986 to 2023. The study employed descriptive research design and expo facto research design. To achieve this objective, the study employs the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) technique. Findings show that budgetary allocations o…