The National Assembly on Tuesday, December 1, increased the 2015 Supplementary Budget from N465,636,926,857 to N574,532,726,857 to accommodate fresh fuel subsidy claims of N108,895,800,000 for three months (October to December 2015) which were not contained in the original supplementary budget submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Going by the supplementary budget, the National Assembly Management is to get N10.6 billion to cover outstanding payment of severance gratuity and allowances of outgone and incoming legislators and legislative aides.
The approval followed the adoption of the reports of the Danjuma Goje-led Senate Committee on Appropriation and the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation chaired by Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin.
Meanwhile, oil marketers will now be paid N522,258,934,505 in subsidy claims, up from the N413billion requested by President Buhari to pay subsidy from January to September 2015.
Also, the National Assembly Management is to get N10.6 billion to cover outstanding payment of severance gratuity and allowances of outgone and incoming legislators and legislative aides.
The National Sports Commission will get N1.5 billion for the All Africa Games qualification for Rio 2016 Olympics.
The National Assembly approved N5billion for the Victims Support Fund which will be drawn from the Service Wide Vote since it is a federal government contribution to a fund managed by a committee which is not a ministry, department, or agency of government.