President Bola Tinubu will in December this year, commission N30billion worth different ongoing projects at the National Assembly complex, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has said.
This is as the National Assembly Service Commission, NASC, declared end of September this year as deadline for documentation of legislative aides of the entire 469 federal lawmakers in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Akpabio made disclosure on commissioning of the projects being executed within the National Assembly complex at the weekend while having in audience, the chairman and members of the governing board of NASC.
He said: “The entire complex of the National Assembly is like a construction site now due to ongoing general renovation work and fresh projects which would on completion, be commissioned by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in December this year.
“Aside the general renovation work, part of new edifices being put in place, is the permanent office complex of the National Assembly Service Commission and very befitting library complex.”
Though Akpabio did not state amount of money that had been released to contractors handling the project, the 9th National Assembly appropriated N30billion to Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA for execution of the project out of which as at March this year, only N9billion was released.
The Senate President in response to request made by NASC chairman, Engr. Ahmed Kadi Amshi on prompt documentation of legislative aides of lawmakers, assured him that the September deadline would be abided with.
Amshi had in his address, told the Senate President and other principal officers of the Red Chamber that end of September this year has been fixed as deadline for documentation of aides of the 469 federal lawmakers.
He noted that documentation of aides to the lawmakers, was very important for payment of entitled emoluments to them.
“Your Excellency, Mr President of the Senate, please help us to inform the serving Senators and by extension, Honourable members of the 10th National Assembly to forward names of their appointed legislative aides to us for required documentation and payments of monthly salaries.
“The commission has opened relevant files for this purpose and fixed September this year as deadline,” the NASC chairman said.
He added that within the last three years, the commission under his leadership, has promoted a total of 2, 775 staff, converted about 447 others from one cadre to the other and set code of ethics for ethical conducts of staff at all times.
