Nigeria's lower house speaker will not sign 2021 budget unless it compensates police brutality victims - statement
20 Oct 2020 / 19:49 H.
ABUJA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The speaker of Nigeria's lower house of parliament said on Tuesday he would not sign off on a 13.08 trillion naira ($34 billion) federal budget for 2021 unless it included provisions to compensate victims of police brutality over the past two decades.
House of Representatives speaker Femi Gbajabiamila said he would visit some of the families of those that lost their loved ones due to police brutality and would work to honour them. (Reporting by Camillus Eboh Writing by Chijioke Ohuocha; Editing by Jon Boyle)
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