The Nigerian Lawmakers have budgeted an additional N30 billion for the renovation of the National Assembly Complex in the 2024 Appropriation Bill.
The additional N30 billion brings to N60 billion the amount being spent on the renovation of the National Assembly complex.
However, the N30bn allocated is part of the N344.85 billion budgeted for the National Assembly after they raised their allocations from N197.93 billionn, the highest ever allocated to the legislature.
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, said that the National Assembly complex looks like a construction site with ongoing general renovation and new projects.
The entire complex of the National Assembly is like a construction site due to ongoing general renovation work and fresh projects which would, on completion, be inaugurated by President Bola Tinubu in December this year (2023).
Godswill Akpabio, Senate President
President Bola Tinubu is expected to inaugurate these upon their completion in December 2023.
However as of January 2024, the renovation of the National Assembly Complex is yet to be completed with little work being done on the premises.
Story: Asma’u Sani