The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed
has noted that the total sum of N398 million proposed in the
2016 budget for the purchase of computers was strange to
him.
Speaking at a budget defence session before the Senate
Committe on Information, Mohammed reacted to questions on
the N230 million and N168 million voted for the purchase of
computers for the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) and the Film
and Video Censors Board, the minister said he was not aware.
“No, that is not possible. That was definitely not what was
proposed, this cannot be,” the minister protested even as an
official of the ministry noted that only N5 million was proposed
for the item in the original budget of the NFVCB.
But the chairman of the Committee, Senator Enyinnaya
Abaribe said, “The difference between N5million and N168m is
huge.”
Managing Director of NAN, Ima Niboro also expressed shock
at the N230million for the purchase of the same item as
captured under “Capital Votes” in the 2016 budget of NAN.
A member of the committee, Senator Ben Murray Bruce had
also expressed misgivings about the fact that little or no
attention was paid to the core functions of the ministry and
parastatals under it at a crucial time when Nigeria was at war
in the North East.
“I want to ask passionately that they (Ministry/ parastatals)
re-submit their budget, taking care of the North East because
people are dying. This is not the question of spending more
recklessly, I appeal that the budget be resubmitted, taking care
of their needs in the North East; it is very important”, Bruce
said.
Recalling that during the Civil War, radio was a very effective
way of communicating with the public, the Senator added that
this should also be employed in the war in the North East.
He said. “It would have made more sense for the information
budget of the Army to be given to the Ministry of Information
to equip these stations manned by NTA and FRCN used by the
military as a source of communication.
“For instance, if there is going to be an air raid in a particular
area, we can warn the citizens to stay off that particular area.
The media can be used like when Buhari did in 1983 for War
against Indiscipline, War Against Corruption, so National
Orientation should use the medium that we have.
“NTA is a phenomenal network, it has more assets than any
station in the whole of Africa today, NTA must be worth 400
million dollars in the open market today.”
Bruce noted that Nigeria is in a state of war as such it was
important that national orientation should be in the fore front,
followed by NTA and FRCN to be led by the Minister working
with the military to guarantee that innocent lives are not lost.

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THIS BUDGET WAS PREPARED BY THE 'SAINTS', HOW COME ALL THIS CONTROVERSY?

Thanks Ben Bruce

Its a lie....

Budget of scam
they ve started inflatin sums already

Heheheheh....so na who put am there?CHANGE don touch the budget I guess.....

this must be a lie from Mohammed. BT y would de be rigging budget like this??

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change I c u

This government is failing, How can.the contents of the most important document for a year be changed at all levels, yet no one has been arrested till date

this is good development.
For this first time, we have a president who is not interested in defending corruption.
All this rejection of some huge amounts by ministers is a clear sign that PMB truly mean business of killing corruption.

This is exactly the change I voted for.

I am very impressed

Hhmmmmm

I don't always belief thid guy,cos he is a lier. Devil dy fear this guy for lie sha

tuale4u:
this is good development.
For this first time, we have a president who is not interested in defending corruption.
All this rejection of some huge amounts by ministers is a clear sign that PMB truly mean business of killing corruption.

This is exactly the change I voted for.

I am very impressed

I now see a reason why they call some of you Zombies.

tuale4u:
this is good development.
For this first time, we have a president who is not interested in defending corruption.
All this rejection of some huge amounts by ministers is a clear sign that PMB truly mean business of killing corruption.

This is exactly the change I voted for.

I am very impressed

Your fate as an irredeemable zombie is sealed eternally.

What's more shameful and corrupt than a president presenting an entire nation's budget before he's read it?

The budget was the first true test of the direction of PMB and he failed woefully.

In saner climes, PMB would have called a national media chat to address this matter but for the zombies like you, that won't happen.

Wonder shall never end on this apc government, how come every ministers are denying the budget of fraud. Where did this so called cabal imported this disgrace budget of fraud. This is the highest rate of corruption in Nigeria for now, the apc government should prove the fight of corruption by arresting all those cabals that kidnapped our real budget of change.

this is nice...... where we can stand against any executive corruption and also any ministry that reject its budget should institute probe to determine what went wrong and who did the alterations....





everyone who caused the error should be held accountable for it

tuale4u:
this is good development.
For this first time, we have a president who is not interested in defending corruption.
All this rejection of some huge amounts by ministers is a clear sign that PMB truly mean business of killing corruption.

This is exactly the change I voted for.

I am very impressed

for supporting this, may hypocrites and hypocrisy be your lot always