The Nigerian Senate has vowed to allocate adequate funds to agencies of government that play watchdog roles, stating that those agencies cannot continue to be weakened by underfunding, given their strategic and critical roles in compelling revenue generating agencies to comply with financial regulations.
Senate Committee Chairman on Finance, Mohammed Sani Musa stated this during the 2025 budget defence of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission on Monday in Abuja, when the Chairman of the Commission, Victor Muruako appeared before him.
“Just as I said, the Committee honestly will not go into looking at what is here but more is to concentrate on how we can get that request approved. Because that will be the basis of which you will be comfortable that you have your working budget. And then secondly, about the issue of the amendment to the act. “That was that one. And I recall vividly, this is a kind of disability act that was passed in front of the first piece of legislation, just at the beginning of this year.
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