Senate Presiddent, Bukola Saraki
Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has stated that the details of the National Assembly’s 2016 budget will be made public.
Saraki’s spokesman, Bamikole Omishore, said in a statement today, November 15, that the public release of the budget details would enable Nigerians get the true picture of things and not to rely on ‘falsehood’ from some sections of the media.
The Senate president affirmed that the decision to publicly declare the budget was in fulfillment of his inaugural promise and part of efforts to satisfy the curiosity of some Nigerians clamouring that the budget be made public.
Part of the statement read: ”By the time we come into the 2016 budget, at the end of the year, it will be clearer because people just see one item line.
”But that is not going to happen now; you will see what goes to the Senate and what goes to the House of Representatives.
”You are going to see what goes to the management, what goes to the Legislative Institute and we are going to make all these open and clear.
”That is part of the openness we promised. As the President of the 8th Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly, I shall be guided by the enormity of the responsibilities that this moment imposes on all of us.”
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Saraki restated his commitment to remain accessible to all Nigerians especially as regards the dealings of the Senate.
Meanwhile, Saraki has called on commercial banks operating in the country to partner with the federal government to effectively tackle corruption in the system.
In another development, popular human rights lawyer, Femi Falana recently stated that it was wrong for Saraki to suspend Senate’s sittings whenever his case was to be heard at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
Saraki is facing a 13-count corruption charges, filed by the Code of Conduct Bureau. He denies the allegation of false asset declaration and graft. Recently, the Supreme Court suspended the trial of the Senate president at the CCT.
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