Senate President Godswill Akpabio says there are “verifiable
justifications” by the national assembly for increasing the 2024 budget by over
N1 trillion.
On Saturday, the national assembly passed the budget after
increasing its size from N27.5 trillion proposed by President Bola Tinubu to
N28.7 trillion.
The budget size was increased by N1.2 trillion.
Speaking with reporters after Tinubu signed the
appropriation bill into law on Monday at the State House in Abuja, Akpabio said
Nigerians would benefit from the budget.
“He (Tinubu) also noted the slight increase in the budget,
which was to take care of human capital development and take care of the needs
of Nigerians, particularly the school feeding, the security situation in the
country and all that and he was happy,” Akpabio said.
“Yes, the budget moved from N27 trillion to about N28 point
something trillion with very verifiable justifications.
“We are excited that we are all working in one accord and
Nigerians will benefit. So we have returned the country to the January to
December budget.”
Akpabio said the national assembly would ensure that the
budget is implemented.
“Ours is to ensure that we make sure that we monitor what
goes on to ensure that yes, indeed, wanting to do a budget is one thing and another
thing is for the budget to be fully implemented,” the senate president.
“We are very pleased to undertake that. I had said so even
in my address and my brother, the honourable speaker can confirm that both
chambers had to do a joint sitting collaboratively to even achieve the purpose
you are seeing today.”
The senate president said the national assembly would not
relent on its oversight functions.
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