Fear have gripped some directors and permanent secretaries in many ministries, departments and agencies of government over revelations by the Presidency that bogus figures were injected into the 2016 budget.

Our correspondent gathered on Monday that many of the top government officials, who had been saddled with the responsibility of preparing the budget in their respective agencies, had become jittery that they could be probed.

Presidency sources had, on Saturday, revealed attempts by a ‘budget mafia’ in the Federal Government’s bureaucracy to scuttle innovations introduced into the budget by inflating figures.

It was learnt that the mafia proposed a budget of N9.7tn for capital spending and overheads, excluding personnel cost, as against the Presidency’s initial total estimate of about N8tn.

The group was said to have proposed N3tn as overheads alone out of the N9.7tn, a figure the Presidency later slashed to N163bn.

The source in the Presidency, who claimed that the mafia was responsible for the controversial provisions in the eventual N6.07tn budget sent to the National Assembly by the Presidency, added, “These bureaucrats also proposed to spend N2.1trn on personnel for the 2016 estimate compared to about N1.8tn in the 2015 budget.”

A director in one of the ministries confided in our correspondent that many of his colleagues were startled about the revelation from the Presidency, stating that heads would roll as a result of the scam.

The director, who described the extent of padding of the budget as mind-blowing, stated that while the issue of padding of budget was not new, the magnitude of figure involved in the current scam was huge.

The source said, “What we read in the news about the padding of the budget by some civil servants who the Presidency referred to as constituting a ‘budget mafia’ is very alarming.

“It tells you the extent of the rot we have in the civil service. But I think this time the civil service is in for a serious trouble because the body language of the President is that of zero tolerance for corruption.

“Everyone in the civil service knows that this government is out to fight corruption and from the recent revelation, the level of fear and anxiety in the civil service, particularly those at the peak of their careers, has been heightened.”

BekeeBuAgbara:
Didn't Buhari go through the budget before presenting it to the senate? The same man who said he was slow to avoid mistakes. He's corrupt, he should stop deceiving Nigerians that he is fighting corruption.

BekeeBuAgbara:
Didn't Buhari go through the budget before presenting it to the senate? The same man who said he was slow to avoid mistakes. He's corrupt, he should stop deceiving Nigerians that he is fighting corruption.

chriskosherbal:
Budget has become another issue.

APC Chiefs Mount Pressure On PMB To Sack GEJ's Men


A couple of the APC chieftains who spoke on the issue, faulted the president’s retention of Jonathan’s men because of their status as members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).




The party stalwarts called for the sacking of the PDP members in government and canvassed for the appointment of APC members in their stead.


He said: ”President Buhari took over on May 29, 2015 and has not rewarded APC members. Most of the heads of departments and agencies are members of the PDP who worked for Jonathan. For example, Onyeka Onwenu is still the Director-General of the National Women Centre while Mike Omeri is still the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency.

”A former Special Adviser to Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ima Niboro, is still the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria while Mr. Sola Omole is still the Director-General of the Nigeria Television Authority.

”There are almost 100 ambassadorial positions that are supposed to have been filled but these people are still occupying the offices. We are not asking for security or sensitive positions but all these appointments I mentioned are not statutory but merely political.

”Our people who worked so hard and spent money on Buhari’s campaign are languishing. There are many competent people in the APC.”

Another APC chieftain who bared his mind on the issue, said if Buhari continued this way, the party might not be able to retain power beyond 2019.

He alleged that most of the people that were being appointed by the president were either northerners or members of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), his former party.

He also mentioned that 15 of the 36 individuals appointed as ministers by the president did not work for the party in the last elections and were not popular in their states, adding that many of them were rejected by their state governors and state party chapters.

He said: ”In Bayelsa State, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Heineken Lokpobiri, was a member of the PDP during the elections and he campaigned for Jonathan. He defected to the APC in August and was appointed a minister the following month. And yet, the core APC members were abandoned.

”The Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, from Gombe State, is not an APC member. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, is not an APC member. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, was a PDP member during the election and there are many more examples.”


https://www.naij.com/695971-apc-leaders-mount-pressure-president-buhari-sack-jonathans-appointees.html

arresa:


I blame PMB and his team for this fiasco simply because nearly all the top bureaucrats and agency heads are GEJ appointees which PMB should have fired a long time ago.


This administration is still full of corrupt GEJ's men and women..

likila:


eeyaaaa!
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Kenai:
Hehehe. There they go again... Looking for scapegoats to hide their incompetence. But why should I be surprised?

arresa:
I blame PMB and his team for this fiasco simply because nearly all the top bureaucrats and agency heads are GEJ appointees which PMB should have fired a long time ago.

This administration is still full of corrupt GEJ's men and women..

MrDavidson:
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered mass retirement of permanent secretaries.
The president met with the permanent secretaries few minutes ago.
At the meeting were Chief of Staff to the President Abba Kyari and the Head of Civil Service of the Federation.
It was gathered that no fewer than 17 of the permanent secretaries were affected.
This is coming ahead of the swearing-in of the ministers-designate scheduled for tomorrow.


www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/breaking-buhari-fires-permanent-secretaries/118739.html

modath:
Checkmate to forestall unity in public funds diversion..



The new perm secrs & ministers each don't know the EXACt information PMB has about the inner workings & loopholes for leakages in each ministry, so they have no choice but to be upfront.

Now, we'll see how they'll collude to steal public funds..

PMB already knows where all the bodies are & the burial sites...

Who say my dear presido is a dullard ?? If a hia !


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arresa:


I blame PMB and his team for this fiasco simply because nearly all the top bureaucrats and agency heads are GEJ appointees which PMB should have fired a long time ago.


This administration is still full of corrupt GEJ's men and women..

BekeeBuAgbara:
Didn't Buhari go through the budget before presenting it to the senate? The same man who said he was slow to avoid mistakes. He's corrupt, he should stop deceiving Nigerians that he is fighting corruption.

Kenai:
Hehehe. There they go again... Looking for scapegoats to hide their incompetence. But why should I be surprised?

When you have an incompetent, irresponsible iddiot for a leader, he will blame everyone and everything for his failures without accepting a shred of responsibility.
Here, their zombies are back with morronic threads, hoping to whitewash their leader's battered image. The soulless shills they are.

Ladies and gentlemen, do you recall the international gaffe committed by this same Buhari on September 2015, when the junketeer and his band of dunces embarked on a SIGHT-SEEING adventure in New York instead of attending the UN conference meeting on Insurgency? When they missed that meeting and the embarrassment went global, do you remember what happened next? They first lied that the meeting was UNOFFICIAL, hence unimportant; but when PremiumTimes exposed them as liars, they began to look for a scapegoat.
"Buhari's Team Accuses Ambassador Joy Ogwu Of Sabotage" was what followed. The illiterates weren't even ashamed of themselves, they went about trying to pin the blame on the poor woman for their hero's EMBARRASSING INCOMPETENCE. Their zombies went wild on Nairaland trying to spin it, while their inbred, slow-witted tribalistic monkeys even accused the woman of having a "BIAFRAN AGENDA"
Pray tell, what eventually became of that show? Shey the matter don die silently? Buhari and his team are FULLY aware that the bulk of his supporters are DIMWITS, and all it takes to keep them going is publishing some junk on the page of a newspaper whenever the man's incompetence is laid bare for the whole world to see. He has ABSOLUTELY no respect for them, and frankly, I can't blame him.

Wasn't this the same dunce who delayed appointment of ministers for 6 whole months while choosing to work with only Perm Secs? Didn't his dumb supporters equally try to run with that narrative that "Perm Secs are all we need"? He didn't accuse those Perm Secs of being Jonathan's men oh. Now he's been exposed with his disgusting budget and he's looking for a scapegoat. Tell me, did Perm Secs also draft the State House budget?

Mr. I-Am-Slow-To-Avoid-Mistakes shot himself on the foot and his supporters are aimlessly running around in panic. He has been TOTALLY exposed for the fraud he is. And please tell him to drop his fake "Anti Corruption" act, as we can all see it was nothing but a LIE.

A bad technician will always blame his tools.

anonimi:

Gbawe:
To be honest this development is the sort even the most staunch fan of Buhari cannot and should not defend. This is a disappointment and Buhari must move decisively to resolve this budget bruhaha that is making his government look fraudulent and no different to that he he promised us he would operate different to. Buhari is beginning to lose the goodwill of Nigerians after they believed in him and made sacrifices for his win in the hope he would be "change". I am disappointed. Really dissapointed with this budget saga. It shows a very serious disconnection between Buhari and those under him.

Like Arresa asked, why has Buhari kept on the many crooks who brought down the GEJ government? No deserving Nigerians to replace them? I doubt that. PMB should sit up and start taking 100% control with his own appointees and directives. Otherwise we are back to square one and some of us will simply begin considering how to replace an ineffective government that cannot move us forward.

modath:


Why is it impossible for you to respect yourself & age with all this inane , redundant foto you keep posting back & forth?

So ministers & perm secs are now staff of presidency & budget office?

PMB dropped the ball by not removing the relics of 16yrs of mindless & unbridled corruption, he should do the needful cos at the end of the day, it is his name & legacy on the line... some folks are tied & dyed in pilfering, they need to be excised from the system.....

BTW, Did you not have enough toys or playthings as a child & now missing your childhood? Grow up abeg, some things should be beneath grown folks!! Hian....



Come with more foto!!! #yeyenatu...

arresa:


I blame PMB and his team for this fiasco simply because nearly all the top bureaucrats and agency heads are GEJ appointees which PMB should have fired a long time ago.


This administration is still full of corrupt GEJ's men and women..

BeardedMeat:
Na sooo, one week one trouble

Teddeebear:
i see zombies, the ministers are Gej's appointeees

modath:


I see lack of sound judgment, reasoning & pure lack of knowledge about how MDA works.... you lots have refused to rise above the loss & just move on to "issue & facts based criticism",

Won't even condescend to call you names, it is a fruitless endeavour , wallow in your hate jare.. . get off the Internet & go and ask how things work cos it's obvious only thing you know is to roll around like a bull in a china shop!!swerve abeg!

Teddeebear:
i see zombies, the ministers are Gej's appointeees

Jesusloveyou:
d 2 office directly involve in this scam are pdp appointed by pmb, - which are udoma and ita enang, and i blame pmb for appointing them