National Assembly spends N600b in 4 years, keeps quiet

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David Mark, Senate President of Nigeria
Bureaucrats of the National Assembly are keeping sealed lips over the disbursement of the sum of N600 billion, which the legislators spent in the last four years.
Even though the National Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission is supposed to fix the salaries of members, what the members–109 senators and 360 representatives—take home remains one of the closely guarded secrets of the members, leading to various speculations in the media.
A recent attempt by a Nigerian activist group, BudgeIT to break the iron curtain of secrecy was rebuffed by the Legal Services Department of the National Assembly.
BudgetIT had on …Read More

Source:: PM Newspaper