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Slash ₦‎344 Billion NASS 2024 Budget – SERAP Tackles Akpabio, Abbas by Thonyboy: 6:23pm On Jan 14
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has asked the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas to reduce the 2024 National Assembly budget of N344.85 billion.

Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP Deputy Director, made this call in a statement on Sunday.

According to SERAP, the call is necessary following the current economic realities in the country and the need to cut the cost of governance.

SERAP faulted the arbitrary increase of the 2024 Budget by the National Assembly.

The group said the National Assembly should ask President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to present a fresh supplementary appropriation bill to reflect a reduced National Assembly allocation.

“The arbitrary increase by the lawmakers of their own budgetary allocation if not cut would have significant fiscal consequences and exacerbate the country’s debt crisis.

“SERAP urges you to clarify why N225 million is budgeted for the National Assembly E-Library and N3 billion is budgeted to buy books for the National Assembly Library while the ‘take-off grant’ for the National Assembly Library is N12.1 billion.

“The budget of N344.48 billion by members of the National Assembly is a fundamental breach of the Nigerian Constitution and the country’s international human rights obligations.

“According to our information, the National Assembly increased its own allocation in the 2024 budget to N344.48 billion. The new budgetary allocation to the National Assembly is over 70 per cent of the N197 billion proposed by President Bola Tinubu for the lawmakers in the budget proposal submitted to the National Assembly.

“The N344.48 billion National Assembly budget, which is an increase of about N147 billion, is reportedly the highest-ever budgetary allocation to the National Assembly,” SERAP said.

The development comes as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, two weeks ago, signed the N28.7 trillion 2024 budget into law.

Recall that the lawmakers had raised the N27.5 trillion 2024 budget proposed by President Tinubu to N28.7 trillion.

https://.ng/2024/01/14/slash-n344bn-nass-2024-budget-serap-tackles-akpabio-abbas/

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Re: Slash ₦‎344 Billion NASS 2024 Budget – SERAP Tackles Akpabio, Abbas by money121(m): 8:27pm On Jan 14
Ojelu

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Re: Slash ₦‎344 Billion NASS 2024 Budget – SERAP Tackles Akpabio, Abbas by ArinzeAnthony03: 8:28pm On Jan 14
That huge amount for what exactly?...

We are finished in this country but hope day shaa

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Re: Slash ₦‎344 Billion NASS 2024 Budget – SERAP Tackles Akpabio, Abbas by Kingpele(m): 8:28pm On Jan 14
U guys are just wasting your time.... u guys has failed to realise that APC since 2015 came only to steal from public funds, kill the economy and destroy the country...have u guys failed to see it... when the worse thievesin pdp like Atiku , saraki etc and lastly the current senate president renounced their membership of PDP to join APC...I knew that APC is just Assembly of past criminals....am not surprised that national Assembly under akpabio is increasingly insensitive the plight of the citizens....afterall they still retain the services of their zombie's all over the social media...

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Re: Slash ₦‎344 Billion NASS 2024 Budget – SERAP Tackles Akpabio, Abbas by Ashez: 8:29pm On Jan 14
Where is Akpabio?

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Re: Slash ₦‎344 Billion NASS 2024 Budget – SERAP Tackles Akpabio, Abbas by Stephaniegold(f): 8:29pm On Jan 14
We go fry agbado
Re: Slash ₦‎344 Billion NASS 2024 Budget – SERAP Tackles Akpabio, Abbas by Akwamkpuruamu: 8:29pm On Jan 14
Taa, Dead on Arrival. Akpabio would rather lose the senate seat than take off that padding

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Re: Slash ₦‎344 Billion NASS 2024 Budget – SERAP Tackles Akpabio, Abbas by Brendaniel: 8:31pm On Jan 14
These are the people APC and Tinubu supporters want us to believe will fight corruption with Tinubu.

Let SERAP not waste their time, Tinubu is in full support of corruption that is why he placed them there in the first place, devils don't fight devils.

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Re: Slash ₦‎344 Billion NASS 2024 Budget – SERAP Tackles Akpabio, Abbas by Segzy19: 8:32pm On Jan 14
Akpabio likes money too much...
I'm so sure he won't slash it but rather justify it...

No be same Akpabio?

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Re: Slash ₦‎344 Billion NASS 2024 Budget – SERAP Tackles Akpabio, Abbas by Joseph099(m): 8:32pm On Jan 14
I'm just reading billion, billion, trillion, trillion.

This country Na wa o. The leaders are the real clog in Nigeria's wheel of progress

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Re: Slash ₦‎344 Billion NASS 2024 Budget – SERAP Tackles Akpabio, Abbas by Goodoldays(m): 8:34pm On Jan 14
It’s for prayers
Re: Slash ₦‎344 Billion NASS 2024 Budget – SERAP Tackles Akpabio, Abbas by vanitybutiwanti: 8:34pm On Jan 14
If you were in his shoes, will you slash it?

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Re: Slash ₦‎344 Billion NASS 2024 Budget – SERAP Tackles Akpabio, Abbas by israelmao(m): 8:34pm On Jan 14
All this for just negligible few?

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Re: Slash ₦‎344 Billion NASS 2024 Budget – SERAP Tackles Akpabio, Abbas by PUSSYHOE(m): 8:35pm On Jan 14
The country is too corrupt.

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Re: Slash ₦‎344 Billion NASS 2024 Budget – SERAP Tackles Akpabio, Abbas by appini: 8:35pm On Jan 14
Akpabio is synonymous to looting.

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Re: Slash ₦‎344 Billion NASS 2024 Budget – SERAP Tackles Akpabio, Abbas by Austriaopen(m): 8:39pm On Jan 14
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Re: Slash ₦‎344 Billion NASS 2024 Budget – SERAP Tackles Akpabio, Abbas by Yankee101: 8:41pm On Jan 14
I pity nigeria
How can a handful of people allocate .34trillion to themselves and no one is talking?

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Re: Slash ₦‎344 Billion NASS 2024 Budget – SERAP Tackles Akpabio, Abbas by BadMaster: 8:44pm On Jan 14
Anybody with the hope of any meaningful progress under this administration, given the level corruption ongoing at all level of government, then I am sorry for you.

If Tinubu was a serious president, he would have checked the excesses of the legislative.

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Re: Slash ₦‎344 Billion NASS 2024 Budget – SERAP Tackles Akpabio, Abbas by Chicagograduate(m): 8:59pm On Jan 14
Akpabio went to the senate to steal funds.

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