According to Vanguard, it was also learnt, at the weekend,
that Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Rt.. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, have rejected the N10billion voted in
the 2016 budget of the Ministry of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for the
building of their official quarters, opting for a cut in the vote.
Saraki and Dogara, according to National Assembly sources,
last week, agreed that the cost of the buildings should be reduced to one
billion Naira each, to save the country N8billion. They were said to have
informed the chairmen of the Committees on FCT in both chambers to reflect the
decision in their report to the Committees on Appropriation.
The Senate President and Speaker said in view of the
economic situation in the country and the need for public officials to be
frugal, building houses worth N6bn and N4bn respectively for them was
insensitive. The two top legislators said the FCT ministry should scale down
the cost of the projects or forget the idea until after their tenure. The
Senate President was living in his personal house in Maitama area of Abuja
until a fire incident last year forced him to relocate to an official guest
house while Dogara stays in rented apartment.
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