The National Assembly on Thursday, released the breakdown of its 2017 budget to the public as soon as the national budget was passed by both the Senate and House of Representatives.
This is line with the promise made by Senate President Bukola Saraki to run an ‘Open NASS’ in his capacity as the chairman of the National Assembly.
The entire budget of NASS for 2017 is N125 billion while that of 2016 was N115 billion.
The breakdown released is as follows:
Management – N14, 919, 065, 013
Senate – N31, 398, 765, 886
House of Representatives – N49, 052, 743, 983
National Assembly Service Commission – N2, 415, 712, 873
Legislative Aides – N9, 602, 095, 928
Public Accounts Committee of Senate – N118, 970, 215
Public Accounts Committee of House of Reps – N142, 764, 258
General Services – N12, 584, 672, 079
N/A Legislative Institute – N4, 373, 813, 596
Service Wide Vote – N391, 396, 169.
Open NASS is a campaign aimed at compelling the National Assembly to be transparent in its spendings.
