The leadership of the Senate and House ofRepresentatives waded into the non-payment of severance allowances forlegislative aides who served in the 8th National Assembly between 2015 and2019. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and Speaker ofHouse of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, met the relevant agencies ofgovernment led by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, ZainabAhmed. Special Assistant on Press to Ahmad in a statementsaid the meeting, which was held behind closed doors, was attended by principalofficers of the Senate and House of Representatives. Also present at the meeting was the Director Generalof the Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze. Lawan, at the meeting said the essence was to ensurethe payment of severance allowances for legislative aides who worked between2015 and 2019. According to Lawan, prior to the intervention byboth chambers, the senate leadership had a meeting with the management of theNational Assembly and the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and FiscalCommission.