Tag: Padding
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NDLEA denies N4.5bn padding in its 2022 budget, says it was ‘typo error’
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has dismissed reports that N4.5 billion was padded into its proposed 2022 budget. In a statement on Wednesday by its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the agency said it has been bombarded with calls and messages since Tuesday, seeking clarification on an alleged insertion of N4.5billion for…
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Drama as Senate uncovers padding, duplication of items in Fashola’s 2018 ministry budget
There was mild drama on Monday as the Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy uncovered padding of proposed expenditures and duplication of items in the in the 2018 budget estimates of the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing. In the budget proposals, the Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, PDP, Abia South-led Senate Committee discovered that…
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Obaseki sacks Perm Sec for padding ministry’s budget with over N283m
Governor Godwin Obaseki on Friday approved the immediate sacking of the Permanent Secretary in the Edo State Ministry of Youth and Special Duties, Dr. (Ms) Osayuware Idahosa over alleged padding of the budget for the conduct of primary school examination to the tune of N283 million. Three other civil servants were sent on suspension for…
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Padding: Absence of Judge stalls Jibril’s case in Kano
The absence of the judge presiding over Abdulmuni Jibril Kofa’s case against the National Assembly and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday stalled the sitting of the Federal Hignh Court, Kano slated for Dec. 20. The Kiru/Bebeji federal constituency sued the National Assembly and Speaker Yakubu Dogara, challenging the legality of…