Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said the National Assembly would to make details of its annual budget available to members of the public next week.

Saraki said the development would be a departure from the tradition of having one line item budget by the federal parliament.

Saraki, according to a statement, by his Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Muhammed Isa, on Sunday, stated this while hosting a team of editors from the London based, The Economist newspaper.
He said, “For the first time we promised Nigerians to give out our budget breakdown. The committee will make its report available by next week. We are resolved to break the tradition of one line item.”

He also promised to support the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration’s fight against corruption.

He said, “Under my watch the senate will never cover corruption except if the information didn’t come to us”.

Saraki said the senate was ever ready to partner with Buhari to ensure the success of the anti-corruption war.‎

The Senate, he added, had already demonstrated such commitment through its interventions on many alleged corrupt transactions such as its swift investigation and adoption of a report on the management of the Treasury Single Account that saved the nation about N7bn.

He also said that the upper chamber exposed the inconsistencies in the 2016 budget.

The action, he said, was a departure from the past where such reports were either watered-down or not presented for debate and adoption.

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HUMBLED SARAKI

Padded budget I believe, it must amount to N120 billion without unspent funds left.
NASS has been sucking tax payers money dry since 1999, no apologies.

Too late.......Saraki is just too funny why is he acting his opposite side will this stop him from being removed if convicted by CCT on the 18th.....and the answer is still NO!

laughing allowance should not exceed 20 billion naira. Nigeria is broke.










in my honest opinion, national assembly budget should be financed by the senators...from their salary and allowances of course

How will he publish it when he will be in jail?

this guy is really taking this CCT trial lightly..

This budget passing thing is taking forever and its affecting loads of things negatively....

House if reps should be doing this....

Oh okay


Good. We will now know who gets what..

Accountability at it's best. No more running national budget like a cult.

Hope the budget will help us? And don't let it miss again.

Noted

we will be waiting oooo...

Government of mere excuses and promised.
Chai Naija don buy am.

This administration is a big disgrace to the nation..dnt be suprised dat we will wait again till the middle of the year before we hear anytin again abt the budget..i regret voting 4 Apc

Albert0011:
This administration is a big disgrace to the nation..dnt be suprised dat we will wait again till the middle of the year before we hear anytin again abt the budget..i regret voting 4 Apc

please dont become a wailer cos its not good for your health. Just try and continue with your hay fee cee.

Tunami:
please dont become a wailer cos its not good for your health. Just try and continue with your hay fee cee.

I won't o but am so bothered abt the way things are goin on in Nigeria nw..it's only the common man that will suffer most.

Albert0011:
I won't o but am so bothered abt the way things are goin on in Nigeria nw..it's only the common man that will suffer most.

we are already used to suffering and smilling.

Saraki is one of the best Senate President this country ever had. Others before him just carry out the will of their masters to the latter.. but he has shown that even though his is from the same party as the president, there is a separation of power between Legislature and Executive.

I WILL VOTE FOR YOU AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT IF YOU WILL CONTEST.

Nice move but Mr. Man also make your allowances and salaries available to us. Lets know how much you guys are taking home. Funny!... They are our employees but we don't know how much we are paying them... I tire for Nigeria o

nice move.
wait oo, una budget never ready for the 3rd month of the year, so wetin you come dey use forecast una spending, even if fg never get theirs approved, we don see all the bmw and books wey dey wan ride and read, why una just dey prepare your own?

LOL...DON'T BE NAIVE..NOTHING WILL BE HAPPEN....HE WILL PRONOUNCED INNOCENT

Ratello:
Too late.......Saraki is just too funny why is he acting his opposite side will this stop him from being removed if convicted by CCT on the 18th.....and the answer is still NO!