National Assembly Releases Details Of Its 2018 Budget

The eight National Assembly on Friday released details of its 2018 budget.

The details were released in a tweet on Friday by the office of the Senate President.

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 ₦139 billion earmarked for the legislature, ₦35 billion was the total for the Senate, while the House of Representatives had ₦57 billion.

While legislative aides got ₦10 billion, the national assembly office and commission got ₦15 billion and ₦2 billion respectively.

The National Assembly legislative institute got ₦4 billion while ₦1.1 billion was appropriated for service-wide vote of the legislature.

Dear @BudgITng:

Find the details of the 2018 Budget of the National Assembly here: https://t.co/Gbbd1vPXWF

This is in accordance with the commitment of the leadership of the 8th @NASSNigeria to accountability and transparency. #OpenNASS https://t.co/IUVjpntfK9

— Archive of the President of the 8th Senate (@SP8thNGRSenate) April 12, 2019