The Senate has described as
scandalous and illegal the sum of N4 billion proposed in the budget of the
Federal Capital Territory for the construction of the First Lady’s Mission
Building.
The federal lawmakers voiced their
disapproval when they considered the FCT’s budget proposal of N253
billion.
They also criticised the proposal
of N150 million for the renovation of the Vice President’s guesthouse in
Asokoro, five billion naira to rehabilitate commercial sex workers and the
destitute and seven billion naira for the construction of two city gates in the
FCT.
When the budget proposal was
presented for approval in the Senate, the lawmakers voiced concern over
the current state of the capital city and wondered what exactly the FCT administration
has done with previous allocations.
Bad roads, indiscriminate refuse
dumps, slums, faulty infrastructure, traffic congestion appear to now
characterise the state capital, making it a shadow of itself.
The FCT budget, however, passed
second reading.
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