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Jumbo Pay: Saraki sets up C’tee to reappraise National Assembly Budget

By Henry Umoru & Joseph Erunke

ABUJA- WORRIED by alarm raised by the public on the N9 billion Wardrobe, Car, Furniture, Accommodation and other allowances for members of the National Assembly, Senate president Bukola Saraki Tuesday disclosed that arrangements have been concluded for the setting up of an ad- hoc Committee that would reappraise the structure of the National Assembly budget.

In his address of welcome at the resumed plenary by the senators from the two week break, Senate President Saraki who urged all senators to run a more transparent National Assembly to aviod what he termed, attendant misinformation the stories could bring, however stressed that the adhoc Committee to look at the structure of the National Assembky would ensure that the Senate becomes more open as well as put in place measures that the budget was in line with economic realities.

Saraki however described reports on the Wardrobe allowance as false, malicious and reckless.

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