The National Assembly, on Thursday last week, for the first time, published the details of its budget, beginning with the 2017 budget.
However, despite the huge encomiums coming the way of the leadership of the National Assembly for the bold step, Nigerians are also beginning to lament the huge funds allocated to the lawmakers.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the National Assembly budget totaled N125billion.
Below is a breakdown of the budget and allocations:
- Travels: The National Assembly plans to spend N13.38bn on Travels
- Vehicles: The National Assembly plans to spend N7.77bn on vehicle
3. Sewage charges: The National Assembly plans to spend N74.06m on sewage charges and N52.8m for the proposed state house.
The published documents show Nigerian senators will earn about N17m per annum as salary, while their House of Representatives counterparts will earn about N13m.
However, when the National Assembly tweeted the budget, below was their breakdown: –
Management of National Assembly: N14, 919, 065, 013 – Senate: N31, 398, 765, 886 – House of Representatives: N49, 052, 743, 983 – NASS Service Commission: N22, 415, 712, 873 – Legislative aides: N9, 602, 095,
– PAC Senate: N118, 970, 215 – PAC House of Representatives: N142, 764, 258 General Services: N12, 584, 672, 079 NASS legislative institute: N4, 373, 813, 596 Service-wide-vote: 391, 396, 169
Sum total: N125,000,000,000.
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