Tag: padding
2023 Budget: Finance Ministry under fire regarding N424bn in “Padding”
The Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning is under fire over the purported inclusion of N423.8bn worth of projects ...
No padding in 2017 budget – Akabueze
by Dolapo Adelana The Federal Government on Thursday dismissed claims that the 2017 budget was padded and filled with frivolous ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Did the Senate just uncover padding in the 2017 budget?
First of all, it comes as no surprise that this irregularity was found in the budget proposal of the Ministry ...
I won’t allow padding of 2017 budget – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said he would not allow the series of ‘injections and padding’ that characterized the 2016 budget ...
Opinion: Is budget padding the new way to steal money?
by Tolu Ogunlowo As the budget padding controversy rages on members of the public wonder what’s next. When it comes ...
Budget Padding Tracker: 5 reasons to believe Jibrin isn’t joking around
By Tolu Omoyeni Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin needs no introduction. The rather patient man has been on the news for over a month ...
Dogara, Basketmouth, Feyi Fawehinmi & more – these are the Winners and Losers from the past week
Last week, the budget padding row that has so far rocked the House of Representatives took a new dimension when ...
Opinion: Speaker Dogara, this is why budget padding is a crime
by Ahanonu Kingsley Few days ago, the speaker of Nigeria’s lower parliament was quoted as saying that ‘budget padding’-an offence he ...
Dogara versus Jibrin | The winners and losers
The drama that in recent times engulfed the hallowed chambers of the House of Representatives is now starting to look ...
Budget padding: ‘I have been justified’ – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, said that the recent accusation of budget padding by the House of Representative has ...
YNaija Editorial: The House of Representatives is a problem to be solved
Abdulmumin Jibrin’s outburst after leaving his position as Chairman of the House appropriations committee, has once again brought the disastrous ...
N12bn worth of ‘strange projects’ discovered in Agriculture ministry’s budget
Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh and his team have reportedly found 386 strange additions worth N12.6 billion in the ministry’s ...
FG to return 2016 budget to National Assembly – Here’s why
The last is yet to be heard on the controversial 2016 budget as the presidency is alleged to have discovered ...
‘Nobody can accuse this government of padding any budget’ – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Saturday, said that 2016 Appropriation Bill was not padded, noting that ...
Directors, Permanent Secretaries in worry-mode over probe of inflated 2016 budget
Directors and permanent secretaries in ministries, departments and agencies of government are said to be jittery over the Presidency’s claims ...
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