– A ‘budget mafia’ has been blamed for the discrepancies in the 2016
budget

– No fewer than 26 DGs have been fired from government parastatals
and the president is not yet done sacking

– The presidents move to sack more is to purge the so-called budget
mafia in the Budget Office

– The Budget Office is responsible for providing budget function,
implement budget and fiscal policies of the government
President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly ordered the complete
purge of the Budget Office as a result of the discrepancies, errors and
padding of the 2016 budget.


A top government official told The Punch on Wednesday, February 17,
that many officials would be sacked while the remaining ones would
be transferred out of the office.

The source explained that the directive was given by the president,
who was not happy with the embarrassment that the budget
discrepancies had attracted to his government.

According to the source, Buhari had been properly briefed of the
activities of government officials in the Budget Office and his move
was aimed at dislodging the so-called budget mafia in that
department.

This comes barely three days after Yahaya Gusau, the director-
general of the Budget Office was sacked and Tijjani Mohammed
Abdullahi appointed as his replacement. Buhari also approved the
appointment of Mr. Ben Akabueze as the Special Adviser on Planning
to the Minister of Budget and National Planning.


The source said: “ The President is really angry over the discrepancies
discovered in the 2016 budget. It has been confirmed that it was a
clear case of sabotage. It was said to have been carried out by a
budget mafia whose members are strongly enshrined in the office.”
He noted that Winifred Oyo-Ita, the Head of Service of the Federation
has already been given the directive to communicate the decision to
the affected officials.

The source said the president’s directive would take immediate effect.
Recall that on Tuesday, Chief John Oyegun, the national chairman of
the All Progressives Congress (APC), said those who were relieved of
their positions have been compromised and were sabotaging Buhari’s
government
.
There have been a lot of controversies trailing the 2016 budget. First,
there were reports that it had gone missing and that was later cleared
up. When it was time for ministers to defend the budget of their
ministries before the Senate, there were complaints about how their
budgets were messed up.

The minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole and minister of
Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed , were among the list of
ministers who disputed the figures credited to their ministries.


The budget mafia was alleged to have proposed a budget of N9.7tn
for capital and overhead spending, excluding personnel cost, which
was contrary to the presidency’s initial estimate of about N8tn.

The inflated figures, errors and inconsistencies in the budget resulted
in the delayed the passage of the document by the federal legislature.

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