The national assembly has
released details of its 2018 budget.
The office of the senate
president released details of the budget in a tweet on Friday.
Senate President Bukola Saraki
had promised that details of the budget would be made public following pressure
from human rights activists and civil society groups.
Of the N139 billion earmarked for
the legislature, N35 billion was the total for the senate, while the house of
representatives had N57 billion.
While legislative aides got N10
billion, the national assembly office and commission got N15 billion and N2
billion respectively.
The national assembly legislative
institute got N4 billion while N1.1 billion was appropriated for service wide
vote of the legislature.
It was observed that t he 2018
budget of the legislature was not as detailed as that of 2017 as there were no
figures affixed to the line items in the details of the budget released.
The public accounts committee
(PAC) of the senate and the house got N118 million and N142 million
respectively. N12.3 billion was earmarked for “general services.”
More to follow…
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