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The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, has accused the Budget Office of the Federation (BOF) of smuggling  N206 billion into the 2023 budget of Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management.

A statement by the ministry said Mrs. Ahmed pointed fingers at the BOF when she appeared before House Committee on Appropriation’s interactive meeting. The minister told the legislators that “there was an error in the budget of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs as the N206 billion captured in the budget proposal of the ministry was wrongly coded by the Budget Office”.

“Mrs. Ahmed said the N206 billion alleged insertion, which had generated serious reaction within the week, was for the national social safety nets project funded by the World Bank and domiciled in the Humanitarian Ministry,” the statement said.

The Finance Minister told the legislators that “the wrong coding resulted in the item being wrongly captured as ‘purchase of security equipment’ but that it had nothing to do with Budget padding, but an oversight”.

She added: “The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management should have called the attention of the Budget Office to the anomaly, like her counterparts in other ministries.”

"Quit if you aren’t ready to work, Reps panel tells Humanitarian Affairs minister"

Also, the House of Representatives has asked the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, to quit her job if she is not ready to work.

The lawmakers made the remarks following the minister’s incessant failure to appear before various committees of the House to defend the ministry’s 2023 budget proposal.

Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Muktar Betara, spoke on behalf of the committee during an investigative hearing on alleged budget insertion of N206 billion in the 2023 budget of the ministry yesterday in Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the N206,242,395,000 is reportedly earmarked for the National Social Safety Nets Project, which is funded by the World Bank and domiciled in the ministry.

The committee chairman had asked why Hajiya Farouq was not present to defend the insertion, saying she should quit, if she was not ready for the job.

“Most times the committee calls the minister, she refuses to come. If she is not ready for the job, she should quit,” Betara said. NAN also reports that Hajiya Farouq, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr. Nasir Gwarzo, said the minister directed him to represent her.

“The minister said she did not understand the budget code. It was the media that reported the error as padding. We did not go to the media refuting the work the committee or the Ministry of Finance had done.

But we wrote for clarification, which was given. The amount of money in question was a counterpart funding that was given by the World Bank. If it was done without appropriation, Nigerian would not have known what was borrowed,” he said.

In his response, a member of the committee, Igariwey Enwo (PDP Ebonyi), said the budget should not be subjected to controversy.

“We are talking about the money we borrowed. We should also know how we spend the money. Raising unnecessary controversy about the budget will not augur well. There should be inter-agency coordination.”

Benjamin Kalu (APC Abia) said: “My concern is that the image of our country should be protected in respect of the budget. I reached out to the Minister of Finance on the issue but nothing was done. I could not go ahead to give the media the information it needed at that point.”

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This corruption will not be another one that will just go away. It is time there must must be probity and accountability from those saddled with the business of governance.

See how these corrupt people are just shifting or passing the buck? How can the minister of disaster humanitarian, minister of finance, Budget Office and the executive represented by the Office of the Secretary General of the federation not be able to clarify the controversial #206B allegedly padded into a budget?

It is obvious someone gave them away on this money they plan to steal. Having been caught unaware, everyone is now trying to extricate him or her self from the corruption quagmire.

Now blame have shifted to Budget office from the Ministry of Humanitarian disaster and Finance. So Budget Office over to you. Perhaps it also goes to the NASS where it must have started. Fingers crossed.

The corruption under this Buhari regime will make PDP with her 16yrs of mismanagement look like a saint.

Who did this to Nigeria?

Stingy humanitarian minister and minister of Finance.
When you fail to share the money round, this is what you get
How did they think they could leave out the eagle-eyed Nass in that humongous buffet and get away with it?

“Most times the committee calls the minister, she refuses to come. If she is not ready for the job, she should quit,” Hajiya Farouq, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr. Nasir Gwarzo, said the minister directed him to represent her.

The minister said she did not understand the budget code. It was the media that reported the error as padding....."

So the NASS committee need cow brain to know that all these rhetorics hold no water under a govt they have willfully thrown away the mandate of the people by handing over their executive powers to an executive that have no regard for the rule of law?

This is the aftermath effects-Buhari’s appointees always failed to honour legislative summons defiantly and commit executive corruption with utter disdain & impunity with no sense of accountability because they know they will get away with same.

Not new.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffJ8N9cSz1U


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttJ4cwGfqB4
Calabar Carnival Returns After Two-year Break

The commissioner for culture and tourism development in Cross River State, Eric Anderson, has said that the Calabar Carnival, will return after a two-year break.

I look forward to seeing how things will be when Peter Obi, an intelligent and God-fearing leader, becomes the president of Nigeria.

May God help Peter Obi to win the next presidential election, amen.

With all these lootings, they still want agbado to continue from buhari. The APC is deliberately mocking Nigerians.

Nigeria my country.

Africa my continent.

na during PMB Govt we discover the word budget paddling

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Madam Minister, talk something new. Corruption has always been with Nigeria. It was before and it is now.

For those that padded it the last time and those doing it now and those that will do it in the future, nothing go happen to them.

Only God can help this country.

Northerners have killed this country

Hmm

Since the MOF said the N205B was just an OVERSIGHT and not a PADDING,

So, I'm suggesting that the topic should be changed to "Budget Office Behind N206 Billion Oversight" - Finance Minister.

To reflect the current happening.

Dem go soon shift blame on bad computer keyboard

Funny people

Our very own Ben Akabueze. RCCG PASTOR.
COME AND SEE SOMETHING IN YOUR DEPARTMENT OOOO.

Confused government

They were caught see how they're trying to use grammar to cover up their lies. "WRONGLY CODED INDEED. "

Ok

Wahala for people wey trust Naija politics

Did you know that If you're asked to be spending 200k everyday, you can't finish N10billion in 100years. Yet few individuals in country pockets over 200billion every year!!

Only God know the Number of thieves in this present Govt.

nathyx:
Only God know the Number of thieves in this present Govt.

Apc means corruption


kick out APc

kick out PDAPc

The fulanis are the real enemies of Nigeria. After buhari the other major thieves or routes for northern thieves is those two women who had nothing to do with finances in the first place.

Rogues in power

Clement needs to generate revenue for his slave master oshiomole na