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The National Assembly is said to be weighed down by a serious financial crunch as a result of huge debt running into billions of naira.
According to Daily Trust, the debts were owed contractors for the supply of office facilities, lawmakers’ vehicles, and maintenance costs among others.
“You’ll be shocked if you know the monumental corruption taking place in the management of the National Assembly. They change office equipment every year on paper, but you don’t get to see anything.
A top management staff who confirmed the report said they had stopped awarding major contracts.
He said the debt was affecting the lawmakers whom he added were not getting what they used to get before.
He however, said, “We are not the only ones owing, the executive and Judiciary owe too. Ours was worsened by the slashing down of our budget from N150billion to N115 billion.”
The budget of the National Assembly that was N23.347 billion in 2003 went up to as much as N150 billion for four years (2010 to 2013) but was slashed to N120 billion in 2014 and N115 billion in 2015 and 2016.
The National Assembly budget is still shrouded in secrecy despite promise by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki to make the details public.
Contacted, the spokesperson of the Senate, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi told Daiilytrust he was not aware of the huge debt.
Read more: DailyTrust
According to Daily Trust, the debts were owed contractors for the supply of office facilities, lawmakers’ vehicles, and maintenance costs among others.
“You’ll be shocked if you know the monumental corruption taking place in the management of the National Assembly. They change office equipment every year on paper, but you don’t get to see anything.
A top management staff who confirmed the report said they had stopped awarding major contracts.
He said the debt was affecting the lawmakers whom he added were not getting what they used to get before.
He however, said, “We are not the only ones owing, the executive and Judiciary owe too. Ours was worsened by the slashing down of our budget from N150billion to N115 billion.”
The budget of the National Assembly that was N23.347 billion in 2003 went up to as much as N150 billion for four years (2010 to 2013) but was slashed to N120 billion in 2014 and N115 billion in 2015 and 2016.
The National Assembly budget is still shrouded in secrecy despite promise by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki to make the details public.
Contacted, the spokesperson of the Senate, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi told Daiilytrust he was not aware of the huge debt.
Read more: DailyTrust
