In the 2024 Appropriation Bill, lawmakers have allocated an extra N30bn to refurbish the National Assembly Complex.
This additional funding is part of the N344.85bn budget assigned to the National Assembly, which was increased from the initial N197.93bn.
The N344.85bn, signed by President Bola Tinubu on January 1, is the highest ever allocated to the legislature.
The additional N30bn brings to N60bn the amount being spent on the renovation of the National Assembly complex.
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, who is also the President of the National Assembly, had on June 30, 2023, declared that Tinubu would in December, last year inaugurate the N30bn different ongoing projects at the National Assembly.
