The National Assembly and the 36 state assemblies of the federation as well as their agencies will spend about N724bn this year, an analysis of their 2024 budgets
Further findings also showed that the salaries and allowances for federal and state lawmakers would cost the country about N50bn this year.
This means that the federal and state governments earmarked N673.94bn for the national and state assemblies as well as their related agencies in the 2024 budget.
The salaries and allowances are based on data collated from a document obtained from the website of the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Allocation Commission.
However, the overall allowances exceed the reported figure due to undisclosed amounts for several of the lawmakers
The Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has dismissed claims by former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, that he would significantly reduce the APC’s votes in the state during the 2027 elections. In a statement on Thursday, the state APC Chairman, Abdullahi Abbas, described Kwankwaso’s assertion as […]
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