Senate President Godswill Akpabio says he has never seen the national assembly’s budget despite presiding over the upper legislative chamber.
TheCable had reported that despite billions of naira spent refurbishing the chambers, lawmakers continue to grapple with malfunctioning microphones and faulty electronic voting devices, forcing both chambers to adopt manual voting on key constitutional amendments.
Akpabio spoke on Thursday during plenary after the senate stepped down a motion seeking to review the legislature’s internal procurement process and establish an internal tender’s board for contract awards.
The motion, sponsored by Sunday Karimi, senator representing Kogi west, came less than 24 hours after the senate president threatened to sanction the contractor responsible for renovating the national assembly chambers over persistent technical faults with the newly installed audio system.
Responding to the debate, Akpabio said lawmakers should first understand the national assembly’s budget and spending before considering procurement
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