Senate Questions 2016 Education’s Budget

The Senate has queried a 10 billion naira increase in the 2016 Budget proposal of parastatals in the education sector. Members of the Upper Legislative House made the inquiry on Monday during a budget defence session at the National Assembly in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions questioned why 98.1 billion naira was budgeted for education parastatals in the 2016 budget proposal. The Committee also expressed concern over personnel proposals of institutions, including unity schools and universities, which were reduced.