{"id":733682,"date":"2019-10-29T19:39:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T19:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/29\/nigeria-is-broke-senate-president\/"},"modified":"2019-10-29T19:39:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T19:39:08","slug":"nigeria-is-broke-senate-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/29\/nigeria-is-broke-senate-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Is Broke &#8211; Senate President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_690614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-690614\" style=\"width: 653px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-690614\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Senate-president-Ahmad-Lawan.jpg\" alt=\"Ahmad Lawan\" width=\"653\" height=\"365\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-690614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senate President Ahmad Lawan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Senate President Ahmed Lawan on Monday lamented about Nigeria being faced with financial difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the convocation ceremony of the University of Benin\/ National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (UNIBEN\/ NILDS) Postgraduate Programmes, he said \u201cToday Nigeria is faced with the problem of availability of revenue. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe time has come for National Assembly to continuously engage with revenue-generating agencies. We have to take the bull by the horn and look for our revenue wherever they are,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Why FG Is Borrowing To Finance Budgets: Senate President<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Information Nigeria recalls that only a few weeks ago, the National Assembly has budgeted N5 billion to purchase \u201cofficial vehicles\u201d for members of the Senate and House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerians had taken to different social media platforms to express their displeasure at the news.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate President Ahmad Lawan Senate President Ahmed Lawan on Monday lamented about Nigeria being faced with financial difficulties. 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