The Speaker argued that by virtue of the provisions of the Legislative Houses Powers and Privileges Act, no member of the parliament can be charged to court or investigated for exercising their powers of law making.
Adeosun said Nigeria needs to generate more money to fund its budget. "We need to mobilise additional revenue to fund our budget," she said. "We have got to get our budget bigger and to do that we cannot borrow anymore.
No whistleblower should ever be penalised simply for making a public interest disclosure." SERAP also urged Akpabio "to make a public commitment to discontinue the patently unlawful constituency projects in the next budget cycle."
"In preparing this (2017 budget performance), there is no key to show why 25 per cent is 'remitted and you did not show the balance. What did you do with the balance because it is not captured in the budget?
The people are not interested in whether the budget is balanced and what the debt is. How does it (the budget) affect their day-to-day livelihood? That is the key thing."
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"There is no transparency in their bidding, as public procurement procedures are not followed in awarding contracts," Agom said during plenary on Wednesday.
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This is a no-brainer if we are being honest. There are always things to save up for, from your basic needs like wardrobe changes and emergency funds to more secondary needs like your vacation budget and gadget upgrade.