How Senators, House of Reps members spent N139 billion in 2018

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Following pressure from the public and the assurance by Senate President Bukola Saraki, the National Assembly has eventually released the details of its 2018 budget.

The office of the senate president released details of the budget in a tweet on Friday.

The details, however, is not specific on the allowance of the lawmakers, which had been at the key centre of public debates.

Of the N139 billion earmarked for the legislature, N35 billion went to the senate, while the house of representatives got N57 billion.

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Legislative aides got N10 billion. Also, 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 expended on service wide vote of the legislature.

The public accounts committee (PAC) of the senate and the house got N118 million and N142 million respectively, while N12.3 billion was used for “general services.”

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