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Budget-Padding Tracker: Involving DSS is wrong – Ogor

The Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, Leo Ogor, on Saturday said the State Security Service, SSS should not have been involved in the budget padding crisis in the assembly. Ogor said the police and the two anti-graft agencies, EFCC and ICPC, were more appropriate to investigate the scandal. Ogor spoke following the announcement... Read More

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February 28, 2016

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2016 budget padding: Buhari’s ‘detectives’ dig into records of Budget Ministry

Still smarting from the heavy padding of the 2016 Appropriations Bill by the some unscrupulous elements in the Budget ministry, President Muhamamadu Buhari is said to have put in motion, the process of punishing those responsible for doctoring the document. The President has reportedly instructed detectives to investigate the matter and identify the individuals, so as to mete out appropriate... Read More

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