The Senate has introduced a new bill that seeks to consign the management of constituency projects initiated by federal lawmakers.
The Bill when passed, would deny ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal government from having any input in awarding contracts for projects captured under the constituency fund.
The Bill seeks the setting up of a special fund made up of 2.5 per cent of yearly budget to be dedicated to constituency projects.
It also stipulated that the fund when set up would be managed by the Rural Development Department of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The MDAs also award the contracts and determine the execution of the projects.
In a bid to forestall the repeat of the development in future, a former Leader of the Senate, Ali Ndume, has sponsored the “Constituency Development Fund Bill, 2019”, which scaled first reading on the floor of the red chamber, on Tuesday.
