The Senate has refuted claims that it padded the 2022 supplementary budget to accommodate the N70bn attributed to lawmakers.
According to a statement issued by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu and made available to newsmen in Abuja, the Senate noted that the passage of the Supplementary Appropriation Act was part of its constitutional duties to accommodate funding for the Federal Government’s Palliative for the Nigerian public among other National demands.
Senator Adaramodu stressed that “a visit to the Suites, offices, and the general structures of the National Assembly complex would reveal yawning and the need for exigent attention as many Senators had to bring their chairs, tables, and electronics and in many cases, do sundry repairs.
The Senate spokesman explained that the so much debated allocation will not be paid to any Legislator, as it will be managed by the National Assembly Bureaucracy.
He pointed out that the alleged padding of the palliative Budget by the National Assembly only exists in the minds of those who are all out to discredit the 10th Assembly, urging Nigerians to see the National Assembly as partners in the progress of Nigeria.
Credit: Punch Newspaper
