Eniola AkinkuotuThe Federal Government has insisted on the N100bn Zonal Intervention Projects (constituency projects) for the 469 senatorial districts and federal constituencies across the country. This is contained in the 2020 revised federal budget which has been forwarded to the National Assembly for approval. However, the budget for the National Assembly’s constituency project, which is under the service wide vote, remained untouched. Ironically, the President, Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd), had last year complained about the N100bn allocated yearly for the National Assembly’s constituency projects, adding that it usually had no impact on the masses. Meanwhile, the Budget Office has explained the cuts in the budget for Universal Basic Education and Basic Health Care Provision Fund.

Source: Punch June 06, 2020 23:48 UTC