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Cash crunch has hit the
National Assembly and forced the Senate to put on hold the public hearing on
power probe. According
to a Senator, who did not want his name mentioned, the cash crunch was also
largely responsible for crippling oversight activities of the various
committees in the Senate and House of Representatives.
Making
reference to the cash crunch being experienced in the National Assembly, a
member of the Senate’s ad hoc committee on power, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa (PDP
Abia North), said the much-expected public hearing on power sector cannot hold
for now due to non-availability of funds to run it.
Vanguard report continues:
It
will be recalled that Senate President, Bukola Saraki, had last month announced
a 13-man ad hoc committee to carry out a holistic investigation into the
management of funds appropriated to the power sector since the Olusegun
Obasanjo’s civilian administration.
It
was also gathered that the economic down turn being experienced in the country
has hit the National Assembly and led to non-payment of August salary of the
469 federal lawmakers as at yesterday, September 17.
Senator
Mao Ohuabunwa noted that the cash crunch had prevented lawmakers from carrying
out their legislative functions effectively over the months.
About
2,500 legislative aides of senators and members of the House of
Representatives, who were yet to be paid their salaries since June this year
when their various principals employed them, protested two weeks ago.
They had alleged that based
on information at their disposal, the ₦7 billion meant for the
payment had been released to management of the National Assembly by the
Ministry of Finance last month.
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