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Breaking News: Saraki Publicly Releases Details Of National Assembly’s 2018 Budget
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki has publicly released the details of National Assembly’s 2018 budget.
Saraki released the detail via his official Twitter handle on Friday, a day after meeting with officials of the tech-finance advocacy organization, BudgIT.
Dear @BudgITng:
Find the details of the 2018 Budget of the National Assembly here: https://t.co/Gbbd1vPXWF
This is in accordance with the commitment of the leadership of the 8th @NASSNigeria to accountability and transparency. #OpenNASS https://t.co/IUVjpntfK9
— Archive of the President of the 8th Senate (@SP8thNGRSenate) April 12, 2019
He tweeted: “Dear @BudgITng:
“Find the details of the 2018 Budget of the National Assembly here: http://nass.gov.ng/document/download/10247 …
“This is in accordance with the commitment of the leadership of the 8th National Assembly to accountability and transparency. #OpenNASS.”
Since 2015, BudgIT has consistently demanded that the annual allocations of the National Assembly be made public.
On Thursday, it gave a hint that his could happen soon, tweeting: “Saraki, yesterday at a dialogue session with BudgIT on appropriation process and constituency projects vowed that making the National Assembly appropriation public is now a permanent policy.”