Since his election as the Senate President on June 9, Bukola
Saraki, has been running the affairs of the Senate from his private
residence in the Maitama area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
This is because the official homes being built for National
Assembly’s principal officers are still under construction.
The former official residence of the Senate President and those
of other principal officers had been sold in 2010 at give-away prices by the
administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, under the
monetisation programme.
The new homes being constructed by the government for the
National Assembly leaders are expected to gulp approximately N27.1bn.
According to Vanguard newspapers, “the new residences are
located at the three Arms Zone and on the left side as one approaches the main
entrance to the National Assembly.”
Former Senate President, David Mark; his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu;
former Speaker, House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole; and his deputy, Usman
Nafada, had in 2010, bought their official homes as well as other lawmakers in
that Assembly.
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