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January 21, (THEWILL) - The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 20 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, “for unilaterally and arbitrarily increasing the allocation for lawmakers from N197bn to N344bn, their highest since the return of democracy in

  The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 20 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas. In the suit, Akpabio and Abbas were accused of "unilaterally and arbitrarily increasing the allocation for lawmakers from N197bn to N344bn, their highest since the return of democracy in 1999."   Mr Akpabio and Mr Abbas were sued for themselves and on behalf of all members of the National Assembly.

The lawmakers had last month raised their allocation from N197bn proposed by President Bola Tinubu for them in the budget to N344bn.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: The government has amended the Fiscal Procedures and Financial Responsibility Act-2076 BS through an ordinance ensuring some new changes in the provisions for the budget calendar.

Ahead of the 2024 elections, the Budget Session of Odisha Legislative Assembly will commence on February 5. The 15th session of 16th Assembly will begin with the Governor’s Address on February 5 (Monday). As per an official notification, the Assembly session will have seven working days. The