Reps canvass higher allocation, say National Assembly is broke
Punch Newspapers Sections Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Published 12 March 2021 THE House of Representatives has said the paucity of funds was hampering legislative functions of members of the National Assembly. The Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, raised the alarm during a news conference in Abuja on Thursday. The National Assembly had a budget of N139.5bn in 2018, N125bn in 2019 and N128bn (N125bn proposed, N3bn added) in 2020. While the sum of N125bn was proposed for the National Assembly in 2021, the sum of N134bn was approved for it and all other affiliates su...
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