2023 Budget: National Assembly, NASS Library, Others to gulp over N200bn

With the 2023 Appropriation Bill passed by both chambers of the National Assembly signed by the President this week, attention is largely shifting to key components of the budget. This piece is focused on allocations to the National Assembly and associated institutions
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With the 2023 Appropriation Bill passed by both chambers of the National Assembly signed by the President this week, attention is largely shifting to key components of the budget. This piece is focused on allocations to the National Assembly and associated institutions

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday signed the Appropriation Bill for the 2023 fiscal year, six days after its passage by both chambers of the National Assembly.

At the brief ceremony televised from the Council Chambers of the State House Abuja, the President noted that the aggregate expenditure as contained in the budget is N21.83 trillion.

According to a copy of the document passed by the Senate and House of Representatives last Wednesday, which our Correspondent sighted, over N200 billion is allotted to the National Assembly and associated institutions in the breakdown of statutory transfers.

 

 

READ ALSO: President Buhari signs 2023 Appropriation Bill into law

 

See the breakdown below:

 

Severance/Inauguration of Outgoing and Incoming 9th and 10th National Assembly (Legislators and Legislative Aides) – N30.173,520 billion

National Assembly Office – N30.492 billion

Senate – N33.267 billion

House of Representatives – N51.994 billion

National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) – N10.555 billion

Legislative Aides – N16,520,653 billion

Public Accounts Committee (Senate) – 118, 970 million

Public Accounts Committee (House of Reps) – 142,764 million

General Services – 11,307,475 billion

National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) – N7.411,813 billion

Service Wide Vote – N671,335 million

Office of Retired Clerks and Permanent Secretaries – N1,059,121 billion

Appropriation Committee Department – Senate – N125, 000 million

Appropriation Committee Department – House of Reps – N165, 000 million

 

 

READ ALSO: Reps Spokesman laments “low National Assembly budget” 

 

 

 

National Assembly Library Building (ongoing) – N4,25 billion

Hosting of Conference of Speakers of African Parliament (COSAP) – N127, 500 million

NASS Liabilities – N8 billion

NASS E-Library – N255 million

NASS Dashboard – N188,150 million

Constitution Review –  N850 million

Completion of the NILDS Headquarters – N2.5 billion

Construction of the National Assembly Service Commission Building – N10 billion

 

The passage of the N21,827,188,747,391 budget passed by the National Assembly marks an increase of N1,319,246,566,677 from the initial sum of N20.5 trillion presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to a joint session of the National Assembly in October.

 

 

READ ALSO: 2023 Budget: Reps approve N21.82trn, allocate fresh N850m for Constitution Review

 

 

 

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