Post-Legislative Scrutiny (PLS) is a relatively new concept and practice of monitoring the implementation and evaluating the impact of laws and it aims to ensure that laws benefit citizens in the way originally intended by lawmakers.
Lawan said the money was actually domiciled in the Federal Capital Territory budget and it was still going through the procurement process.
“This is one demonstration and testimony of misperception of the legislature,” the Senate President said at the Conference of Presiding Officers of the Nigerian Legislature ongoing in Abuja.
The theme of the conference is “Public perception of the role of Legislature: Post Legislative Scrutiny and Independence of the Legislature.”
Lawan said: “But you know what, when there was leakage, some of these critics and haters and traducers of the National Assembly said the National Assembly had spent the money. They have finished the rehabilitation. Look at what is happening. They didn’t even care to find out what really happened. So, they went to town.