BREAKING: Senate Approves N70bn As "Support" for New APC, PDP, Other Lawmakers

• N70bn has been set aside for new lawmakers from the APC, PDP, Labour Party and other political parties in the national assembly as palliatives
• The new lawmakers will share the N70 billion that has been described as working conditions in the federal lawmakers
• The money is part of the N819.5 billion supplementary budget that President Tinubu requested from the national assembly on Wednesday

FCT, Abuja - New All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party and other political parties' federal lawmakers will share N70 billion for the “working condition” as federal lawmakers.

This came into effect as the National Assembly passed the amendment act to the N819.5 billion 2022 supplementary budget, which approved the N70 billion for the new lawmakers, Daily Trust reported.

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Senate approves Tinubu N500 billion in palliatives

The amendment also seeks to provide N500 billion in palliatives to Nigerians over the effects of the fuel subsidy removal.

The amendment was passed in the Senate and the House of Representatives just a day after President Tinubu requested the parliament.

As amended, a breakdown of the N819.5 billion supplementary budget showed that N500 billion is set aside for the palliatives, which is meant to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal and would be domiciled in the Ministry of Finance.

Breakdown of the N819.5 billion supplementary budget

Another N185 billion is set aside for the Ministry of Works and Housing, which is meant to cushion the effect of the severe flooding in the part of the country in 2022, mainly on road infrastructures in the six geopolitical zones.

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The sum of N19.2 billion is allocated to the Ministry of Agriculture to ameliorate the massive destruction to farmlands across the country during the severe flooding experienced last year; N35 billion to National Judicial Council; N10 billion to Federal Capital Territory Administration for critical projects and N70 billion to National Assembly to support the working conditions of new members.

"They set the constitution aside”: Obasanjo tackles NA on salaries

Legit.ng earlier reported that former President Olusegun Obasanjo has accused the national assembly of ruining Nigeria with bogus salaries they set for themselves.

Obasanjo said Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission is supposed to fix the salaries of the lawmakers, but they set aside the constitution and fix salaries for themselves.

The former president maintained that the actions of the national assembly undermine the growth of democracy in Nigeria.

Source: Legit.ng