BEVERLY HILLS, November 05, (THEWILL) – A parliamentary watchdog, Friends in the Gap Advocacy Initiative, has faulted the National Assembly for increasing the number of standing committees in both chambers of parliament, saying this runs at cross purposes with President Muhammadu Buhari’s resolve at cutting down the cost of governance.
Recall that the President had indicated that some ministers-designate will have no portfolios because the country is broke.
The Nigerian Senate had increased standing committees from 57 to 65, with the House of Representatives increasing its committees from 89 to 95.
Executive Director of the organisation, George Oji, Thursday, described the development as unnecessary and out of tune with present economic realities in the country.
“The least we expect from our elected representatives is to key into the philosophy of the present executive arm of government and seek ways of drawing down on the high cost of governance, especially recurrent expenditure, in response to the current dwindling resources of our economy”, Oji said in a statement.
