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There Is No Budget Padding – Ita Enang

David Folami — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:36:44 +0000

The Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang has said there is nothing like padding in the legislature. “In all our years of legislative engagement, we have yet to find in the legislative lexicon the word, ‘padding.’ When the budget is presented before the legislature, the legislature is [...]

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Budget Padding Is Corruption – SERAP

David Folami — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 12:56:56 +0000

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has said that budget padding amounts to corruption as the action is against the public interest. SERAP’s position is contained in a statement issued by the Executive Director of the project, Mr Adetokunbo Mumuni and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. [...]

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FG Will Investigate Budget Padding Allegations – Malami

David Folami — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 12:17:35 +0000

The Federal Government will investigate claims that the 2016 budget was padded, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has said. The allegations were levelled by former Chairman of the House of Representatives Appropriation Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin. According to Jibrin, about N284 billion was smuggled into the budget by Reps Speaker, [...]

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I Didn’t Participate In Budget Padding Scandal – Jibrin

David Folami — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 13:36:33 +0000

Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin has denied reports that he participated in the alleged padding of the 2016 budget. Jibrin also admitted that the situation had been made more complicated by his long silence. “Well, I wasn’t part of the insertions but I think I also didn’t help [...]

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House Of Reps Accuse Rotimi Amaechi Of Budget Padding

David Folami — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 11:30:39 +0000

The House of Representatives have accused the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi of attempting to pad the budget. Premium Times reports that the Reps spokesperson, Abdulrazak Namdas said Amaechi tried to smuggle in the Lagos-Calabar railway project after Buhari had presented the budget. Namdas said “The item was brought for inclusion in the budget by [...]

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Buhari Remove 184 Officials Over Budget Padding Scandal

David Folami — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 02:26:30 +0000

President Muhammadu Buhari has flushed 184 top officials out of various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) due to the scandal surrounding the padding of the 2016 budget, reports say. 22 of the affected officials are said to be from the Ministry of Budget and National Planning. All the officials involved were said to have been [...]

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Buhari Takes Bold Step In Punishing Budget Padders

David Folami — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 20:36:08 +0000

The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has taken a bold step in punishing suspected individuals responsible for padding the 2016 budget. According to a report, the President has ordered security operatives to fish out those involved in the doctoring of the document for punishment. It was further learnt that plain cloth detectives had since swooped on [...]

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