Budget Padding: SERAP Urges Senate to Reinstate Ningi
Adedapo Adesanya By Adedapo Adesanya The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio,…
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Budget Padding: Senate Suspends Abdul Ningi for Three Months
Dipo Olowookere By Dipo Olowookere Senator Abdul Ningi has been suspended by the Senate for three months over his allegations…
N206bn Budget Padding Purely an Oversight—Finance Minister
Modupe Gbadeyanka By Modupe Gbadeyanka The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has described the N206…
ICPC Uncovers N7bn Padded in Budget as Empowerment Projects
Aduragbemi Omiyale By Aduragbemi Omiyale The chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr Bolaji…
NASS Smuggled 6,403 Projects Worth N578b into 2018 Budget—Buhari
By Dipo Olowookere President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday accused the National Assembly of padding the 2018 budget to…
2017 Budget Won’t Be Padded—Buhari
By Modupe Gbadeyanka President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that the problem of padding which almost marred the 2016…
FG Sacks 22 Top Officials Over Budget Padding
By Dipo Olowookere A total of 184 civil servants were disciplined for their different roles in the padding…
House In Rowdy Session Over Budget Padding
By Ebitonye Akpodigha The House of Representatives was thrown into a raucous session on Wednesday when the issue…
What Causes Budget Padding—Ita Enang
By Dipo Olowookere Before now, the term ‘budget padding’ was alien to some Nigerians. The name became prominent…