Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has publicly released details of National Assembly’s 2018 budget.
Saraki revealed the details in a tweet on Friday.
Budget watchdog, BudgIT, has been on the heels of National Assembly leadership to reveal the details of its 2018 budget.
In the tweet on Friday, Saraki said he was on Thursday in a dialogue session with BudgIT on appropriation process and constituency projects.
BudgIT expressed hope that the policy of revealing National Assembly budget would endure beyond Saraki’s tenure.
In the 45-page document, a total of N139.5 billion was budgeted for the National Assembly for 2018 financial year.
The Senate got , N35,582,085,699 while the House of Representatives got N57,425,137,793.
A total of N10,202,095,928 was budgeted for legislative aides, the National Assembly office got N15,389,235,912, while the National Assembly Commission got N2,736,081,266.
The National Assembly Legislative Institute got N4,373,813,596, while N1,145,143,254 was appropriated for service-wide vote of the Legislature.
