Senate Press Corps targets budget padding, holds workshop on oversight, AI

The Senate Press Corps, SPC, will hold its 2026 capacity-building workshop on Monday, September 28, focusing on how legislative oversight and media collaboration can stop unlawful insertions in the national budget.
The workshop will hold at Hearing Room 231, National Assembly, with the theme: “Leveraging Legislative Oversight and Media Collaboration to Safeguard the National Budget from Unlawful Insertions.”
In a statement on Friday, the SPC Chairman, Taiye Odewale, said the theme was chosen to highlight the role of oversight, responsible journalism and accountability in ensuring the budget serves Nigerians.
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Atiku Bagudu; Civil S...