NJC budget increased to N341.63bn from N165bn

The National Judicial Council’s 2024 budget was increased by the National Assembly lawmakers from N165bn to N341.63 bn, an increase of 107 per cent.

Daily Trust had reported that the lawmakers increased the 2024 National Assembly budget from N197.93bn to ₦344.85bn, which had been approved and subsequently signed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The NJC’s budget is higher than what eight teaching hospitals will be spending in 2024.

In the budget document seen by our reporter, the eight teaching hospitals will be spending just N190.8bn this year, about N151bn less than N341.63bn budgeted for the NJC.

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Daily Trust reports that Nnamdi Azikwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH),  Nnewi budgeted N37.6bn to spend  this year;  University College Hospital, Ibadan: N27.2bn, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Enugu: N25.6bn and University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Uyo: N20.6bn.

Others are Aminu Kano University Teaching Hospitals (AKUTH), Kano: N20.5bn, Obafemi Awolowo University  Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Ife: N19.9bn, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital( UPTH) Port Harcourt: N19.8bn and University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin: N19.6bn.

The NJC budget is also bigger than budgets of seven Nigerian Universities (N196.4bn).

University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN): N36.6bn, University of Calabar (UNICAL): N29.5bn, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU): N29.2bn, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK): N26.3bn and the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA): N26.9bn.

Others are University of Benin (UNIBEN): N24.2bn and University of Ibadan (UI): N23.8bn. Analysts say inadequate funding of health and education institutions in the country contributes to the decline of Nigeria in the poverty index list.