‘We Are Broke’ – House Of Reps Say Their Budget Is ‘Poor’

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 ‘We Are Broke’ – House Of Reps Say Their Budget Is ‘Poor’


Nigeria’s House of Representatives has cried out saying it is broke and cannot afford to carry out its constitutional mandate effectively.


Member representing Abia, Benjamin Kalu (APC), the spokesman for the House, said this when he spoke with newsmen on Thursday, March 11, 2021 in Abuja.


Kalu said the budget of the National Assembly’s ‘poor’ budget should be reviewed upward to enable it to cope with the situation.


“Yes the house is broke, I have said it before and I am saying it again and I am not afraid of saying it.


“This is the fact until Nigerians believe that the appropriation that was made for the running of the National Assembly which was done when the exchange rate of naira to the dollar was 180 is less now than what it used to be.


“The dollar equivalent today has gone up to over N400, the purchasing power of the budget as it is now, is weaker than it was 10 years ago,” he said.


The spokesman explained that the N128 billion appropriated for the National Assembly was divided among all the agencies in the parliament about 6,000 members of staff and lawmakers aides.



Kalu said that legislators needed professional experts to work with them to produce laws and motion that would address the needs of the people.


“If you go to U.S., you see professors who are consulting and working directly with members of parliament,” he said.



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