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Fresh flaws and errors have been discovered in Nigeria's 2016 budget by the Senate and House Joint Committee on Appropriation.
An anomaly detected was in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, where provisions had been made for procurement and installation of security systems every year since 2013. In 2013, the sum of N527,000,000 was budgeted for the item; in 2014, N1,161,356,582 was allocated to the same item; in 2015, N316,420,274 was budgeted for it; and N1,710,322,610 is to be spent on the procurement and installation of security system in the SGF office in 2016.
The committee also detected items without project locations in the Ministry of Works, Power and Housing (headquarters). Such projects include the construction of a block of three classrooms at the cost of N85,592,483; construction of a maternity centre for N91,124,858; and the allocation of N172,623,767 for the building of skill acquisition centres.
The committee pointed out that oversight function would not be possible without project locations.
Discrepancies was also discovered in the allocation of large amounts of money for the rehabilitation and repair of office buildings as well as purchase of office items and fittings.
Not less than N21bn was allocated to such repairs and purchase at the Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the government.
The committee also detected duplication of items in the budget. For example, N2.3bn was earmarked for former heads of state in the service wide vote of the Ministry of Budget and Planning, while N400,190,000 was allocated to the affairs of the former heads of state in the SGF office.
Other examples of duplication include allocation of N256,920,000 for the purchase of equipment, vehicles and furniture for the National Bureau of Statistics and the N230,705,000 by the NBS for the same purpose.
It was also learnt that the committee discovered instances where allocations for the purchase of items were made without stating the quantities to be bought.
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An anomaly detected was in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, where provisions had been made for procurement and installation of security systems every year since 2013. In 2013, the sum of N527,000,000 was budgeted for the item; in 2014, N1,161,356,582 was allocated to the same item; in 2015, N316,420,274 was budgeted for it; and N1,710,322,610 is to be spent on the procurement and installation of security system in the SGF office in 2016.
The committee also detected items without project locations in the Ministry of Works, Power and Housing (headquarters). Such projects include the construction of a block of three classrooms at the cost of N85,592,483; construction of a maternity centre for N91,124,858; and the allocation of N172,623,767 for the building of skill acquisition centres.
The committee pointed out that oversight function would not be possible without project locations.
Discrepancies was also discovered in the allocation of large amounts of money for the rehabilitation and repair of office buildings as well as purchase of office items and fittings.
Not less than N21bn was allocated to such repairs and purchase at the Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the government.
The committee also detected duplication of items in the budget. For example, N2.3bn was earmarked for former heads of state in the service wide vote of the Ministry of Budget and Planning, while N400,190,000 was allocated to the affairs of the former heads of state in the SGF office.
Other examples of duplication include allocation of N256,920,000 for the purchase of equipment, vehicles and furniture for the National Bureau of Statistics and the N230,705,000 by the NBS for the same purpose.
It was also learnt that the committee discovered instances where allocations for the purchase of items were made without stating the quantities to be bought.
PUNCH
