National Assembly finally publishes its own 2017 budget
After many months, the National Assembly today sucumbed to wishes of Nigerians and published the details of its 2017 budget. According to the documents released online, the National Assembly will spend N125 billion.
A breakdown of the estimates shows that the National Assembly gets N14.9bn; Senate N31.3bn; House of Representatives N49bn; National Assembly Service Commission N2.4bn; legislative aides N9.6bn; Public Accounts Committee (Senate), N118.9m; Public Accounts Committee (Reps), N142.7m; general services, N12.5bn; National Assembly Legislative Institute, N4.3bn; and service wide vote, N391.3bn.