 A bill second to establish the National Assembly Budget and Research Office has killed second ridden on the floor of the Senate. The legislation, which provides the National Assembly with objective, timely and non-partisan analysis for economic and budget decision, was sponsored by Deputy President of the Senate, Jegrin Burrao. In a debate, the lawmakers argued that the bill, which has suffered rejection in previous assemblies over the last 20 years, remains critical in strengthening legislative efficiency and ensuring the budget passed by the executive, is thoroughly scrutinized. There is no power in terms of approvals for expenditures in the National Assembly, than probably any other power, the power or the pass. And if we have that power, we must use it properly and appropriately. How do we do that? We must base our decisions to approve financial requests on issues of economy, from position of knowledge, understanding and enlightenment. And Navro is that outfit, that institution that will give us that cutting-edge power that we need. Mr. President, this bill is not targeted at confronting or challenging the executive on their budget proposal or budget estimates. But it serves as an independent office that will give us a full-time information about the budgetary document that will be presented to us by the executive. The bill, however, did not get a smooth passage as Senator Adam Sociamale won against the establishment of an agency when the federal government is trying to met some existing wants. He said the bill will create additional financial burden on the federal government, especially at the time the country is experiencing economic hardship. So this week, Mr. President, the President of Nigeria, Senator Bola Mehtinubu, decided to scale down on the base of collapsed agencies in order to reduce the cost of governance. Why the executive is doing that, regarding what anybody will say, for us to rise from these chambers to say that we have created another new institution I think on the face of it, we will be seeing, expanding, where the executive is reducing. Number two, I believe in research. There is no question. Just this week, Mr. President. But despite his appeal, the bill was passed and forwarded to the Senate Committee on Appropriation to report back and forwards. In his concluding remarks, the Deputy Senate President expressed hope that the President would give usance to the bill when it eventually passed in the interest of democracy. So what they tell us is what we use as a source of information. But when we have this office, we also have our own information, our reservoir information that can be used to check whatever is given to us by anybody, by any MDA. No minister will come and tell you this is happening or that is happening. You check against your own data. So that will help the country. And every member of the National Assembly can go India and have whatever anybody wants in terms of data, in terms of statistics, in terms of information, or anybody. So it is a very important office and we need to put that in place here in order to go with international best practice. Don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.