The National Assembly has raised its 2017 budget allocation by N10 billion, from the initial N115 billion to N125.
A breakdown of the budget revealed that the National Assembly Management got N6, 714, 696, 986 for personnel; with overhead cost of N6, 193, 052, 825; and capital cost of N2, 011, 315, 202; totaling N14, 919, 065, 013.
For the Senate, it is N1, 856, 510, 517 for personnel; N25, 111, 332, 147 for overheads; and N4, 430, 923, 222 for capital; totaling N31, 398, 765, 886.
House of Representatives got N4, 923, 743, 127 for personnel; N39, 635, 756, 179; and N4, 493, 244, 677; totaling N49, 052, 743, 983.
National Assembly Service Commission has N961, 257, 912 for personnel; N1, 144, 662, 999 overhead cost; while N309, 791, 962 is for capital; totaling N2, 415, 712, 873.
Legislative Aides got N8, 917, 127, 214 for personnel; N534, 968, 714 for overhead; and N150, 000, 000 for for capital; totaling N9, 602, 095, 928.
National Assembly Legislative Institute will receive N416, 452, 124 for personnel; overhead cost of N1, 229, 369, 283; while capital cost is N2, 727, 992, 189; totaling N4, 373, 813, 596.
Public Accounts Committee (Senate) got N118, 970, 215 overhead cost only; while that of House of Representatives is N142, 764, 258.
General Services Overhead is N11, 767, 743, 268 and capital cost is N816, 928, 811; totaling N12, 584, 672, 079.
Total Service Wide Vote was pegged at N391, 396, 169.
