{"id":102480,"date":"2023-01-14T11:13:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T10:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=102480"},"modified":"2023-01-14T11:13:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T10:13:40","slug":"%e2%82%a630bn-severance-package-for-nass-members-raising-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/%e2%82%a630bn-severance-package-for-nass-members-raising-dust\/","title":{"rendered":"\u20a630BN severance package for NASS members raising dust\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1754983135095381364\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The review of the 2023 Appropriation Bill passed into law on Wednesday by the Senate has shown that the lawmakers will get N30.173 billion as a severance package.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pointblank\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/news.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1673768764633000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2YWhFJgk3AcwptPlSgfIhh\">news.com<\/a>\u00a0reports that the Senate passed the sum of \u20a621.83 trillion as the budget for the 2023 fiscal year after President Muhammadu Buhari sent a supplementary Appropriation Bill to the lawmakers last week.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Red Chamber passed the budget following the consideration and approval of the report of the Senate Committee on Appropriation headed by Senator Barau Jibrin.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Following the passage of the 2023 budget, members of the National Assembly will earn \u20a630.173 billion as a severance package despite the President transmitting a supplementary budget.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A provision in the 2023 appropriation bill passed stated that Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and other lawmakers in both chambers will get the package.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">While the 2023 budget was being considered in the \u201ccommittee of supply\u201d in both chambers, Lawan and Gbajabiamila said the \u20a630.173 billion would also cover the inauguration of the lawmakers into the 10th assembly.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The sum of \u20a610 billion was earmarked for the construction of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) building and \u20a62.5 billion was set aside for the completion of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) headquarters located along the airport road in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In the \u20a6967.48 billion statutory transfers, the Senate got \u20a633.267 billion and the House of Representatives got \u20a651.994 billion.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In the overview of the budget, apart from the \u20a6967.48 billion set aside for statutory transfers, the sum of \u20a68.329 trillion was earmarked for non-debt recurrent cost, \u20a65.972 trillion for capital expenditure, and \u20a66.557 trillion for debt servicing.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pointblanknews.com reports that the Ninth Assembly\u2019s severance package is \u20a67billion higher than what was approved by the Eighth assembly under former Senate President Bukola Saraki.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">At the twilight of the eighth assembly, the sum of \u20a623.678 billion was approved as a severance package for lawmakers at the time.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The review of the 2023 Appropriation Bill passed into law on Wednesday by the Senate has shown that the lawmakers will get N30.173 billion as a severance package. 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