Members of the House of Representatives in the 10th Assembly have been said will be receiving N54 billion for constituency projects as each member would get N150 million.
A lawmaker in the lower legislative chamber who pleaded for anonymity, disclosed that the constituency allowances are part of the few privileges available to lawmakers to directly impact their various constituencies.
In Nigeria, constituency or zonal intervention projects refers to developmental projects sited in the constituencies of members of the state Houses of Assembly, members of the House of Representatives or Senators as budgeted for under various Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs.
Such projects often have banners stating that a project was implemented with the name of the lawmaker.
The lawmaker said, “In the House of Reps, our constituency allowance is N150 million. This is the only opportunity we have to help our constituencies with one or more projects.
“We usually don’t have power over the real projects. So, this is often like palliative for us to give back to our constituencies. Many of us often use our money to do all the projects that we do for our constituencies.
“And this year, we are getting N150m in the House of Reps; I don’t know how much they will get at the Senate.”
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