By Abdallah el-Kurebe
ASHENEWS reports that the total budget of the National Assembly (NASS) for the year 2023 is ₦328.11 billion.
This online platform further reports that a breakdown by #StatiSense shows that the monthly pay for each of the 109 Senators is ₦25.43 million while that for each of the 360 House of Representatives members is ₦12.04 million.
#StatiSense also gives the NASS budget items as follows:
1. Zonal Intervention Projects: ₦100 billion
2. House of Reps: ₦52 billion
3. Senate: ₦33.3 billion
4. NASS Office: ₦30.5 billion
5. Severance/ Inauguration of outgoing/incoming 9th and 10th Assembly: ₦30.2 billion
6. Legislative Aides: ₦16.5 billion
7. General Services: ₦11.3 billion
8. Nat Assembly Service Commission: ₦10.6 billion
9. Construction of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) Building: ₦10 billion
10. NASS Liabilities: ₦8.5 billion
11. Completion of NASS Library Complex: ₦7.5 billion
12. National Institute of Legislative & Democratic Studies (NILDS): ₦7.41 billion
13. NASS Library Building: ₦4.25 billion
14. Completion of NILDS HQ: ₦2.5 billion
15. Office of Retired Clerks & PM: ₦1.06 billion
16. Constitutional Review: ₦850 million
17. Service Wide Vote: ₦671.3 million
18. NASS E-Library: ₦255 million
19. Appropriation Committee Dept – House: ₦165 million
20. PAC -House of Reps: ₦142.8 million
21. Hosting of Conference of Speakers of African Parliament (COSAP): ₦127.5 million
22. Appropriation Committee Dept – House: ₦125 million
23. PAC – Senate: ₦119 million
24. NASS Dashboard: ₦118.2 million
Source: #StatiSense, a Data Tech Company with expertise in Analysis, Infographics
