21 years after senators and members of the House of Representatives forced the Executive to insert Special Intervention Projects (SIP), known as constituency projects, into the budget, it has been one problem after the other every year. Constituency projects, which have a yearly budget of N100 billion, were established by the Obasanjo administration with the
Nigerians dissect Tinubu’s 2024 budget of Renewed Hope
In the wake of the scandals surrounding the 2024 Tinubu’s budget of Renewed Hope, so many indiscrepancies are being noticed by Nigerians upon more query. You’d recall that Senator Abdul Ningi had alleged that the budget was bloated and padded in the tune of N3 trillion naira. Nigerians dig further to find out that N212 billion
Peter Obi Bemoans the discrepancies in the National budget
His Excellency, Peter Obi has frowned at shambolic 2024 budget with its disheartening discrepancies. He wrote below : “I find it deeply disconcerting and a matter of grave concern and even shameful to read about the alleged N3 trillion discrepancy between the budget approved by the Nigerian Senate and the one being implemented by the presidency.