{"id":57672,"date":"2017-05-12T05:32:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T04:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=57672"},"modified":"2017-05-12T05:32:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T04:32:13","slug":"saraki-releases-line-line-details-nass-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/saraki-releases-line-line-details-nass-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Saraki Releases Line By Line Details Of NASS Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of the 8th National Assembly and President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki has kept to his promise by releasing \u00a0to the public details of the 2017 budget of the National Assembly.<br \/>\nThis is coming two years after he\u00a0promised Nigerians that the 8th Assembly will operate a transparent system.<br \/>\nLast month, there had been clamours from various quarters particularly on social media that the National Assembly should make details of its budget known as against the usual single line item.<br \/>\nSaraki had promised that the details of the budget will be made public upon passage.<br \/>\nIn keeping to his promise, the budget was passed on Thursday and details of the legislative allocation, a 33 page document, has been made public.<br \/>\nThe total of the National Assembly\u2019s 2017 budget is N125 billion representing a\u00a0N10 billion increase against the \u00a02016 budget of N115 billion.<br \/>\nThe details reveal that the National Assembly has N6.7 billion for personnel cost, N6.2 billion for overhead costs and N2 billion for capital.<br \/>\nThe total money voted to the management of the National Assembly is N14.9 billion.<br \/>\nThe Senate has N1.8 billion for personnel costs, N25 billion for overhead costs and N4 billion for capital, receiving a total of N31 billion.<br \/>\nThe House of Representatives has N4.9 billion for personnel costs, N39.6 billion for overhead costs and N4.5 billion for capital. 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