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

The Senate Press Corps, SPC, volition clasp its 2026 capacity-building store connected Monday, September 28, focusing connected however legislative oversight and media collaboration tin halt unlawful insertions successful the nationalist budget.

The store volition clasp astatine Hearing Room 231, National Assembly, with the theme: “Leveraging Legislative Oversight and Media Collaboration to Safeguard the National Budget from Unlawful Insertions.”

In a connection connected Friday, the SPC Chairman, Taiye Odewale, said the taxable was chosen to item the relation of oversight, liable journalism and accountability successful ensuring the fund serves Nigerians.

The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Atiku Bagudu; Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) Executive Director, Auwal Rafsanjani; BudgIT Director, Oluseun Onigbinde; and Publisher of Eagle Times, Ikechukwu Chukwunyere, volition marque presentations astatine the workshop.

There volition besides beryllium intensive grooming connected Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to beryllium facilitated by London-based instructors from Mass Media TX Limited to exposure journalists to emerging technologies.

Key stakeholders invited see Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, Chairman of the Senate Committee connected Media and Public Affairs, Yemi Adaramodu, Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Olami...