As El-Rufai deletes post on Facebook

The Federal Government has clarified the amount spent for independence anniversary celebrations between 2010 and 2015.
Information obtained from the Office of the Secretary General of the Federation (OSGF) in a letter dated October 12, 2015 and made available to BudgIT Nigeria, an organisation committed to exposing transparency and accountability in public finance, apparently showed that El-Rufai exaggerated the figures spent by the Jonathan administration for four years to hold independence day celebrations.

According to the letter by OSGF and signed by the Director (Finance & Accounts), Mohammed Lawal Garba, no funds were released for the independence day anniversary celebration in 2011. In 2012, N107,600,000 was released for the celebrations. In 2013, only the sum of N45 million was approved and in 2014, only N180 million was spent.

See the letter from OSGF below:

Independence Day (1)

Recall that following the announcement that President Muhammadu Buhari earmarked only N70 million for the 2015 Independence Day Anniversary, Governor El-Rufai took to his Facebook page on October 1, 2015, alleging that the administration of former President Jonathan spent N13 billion in 2011, N15 billion in 2012, N14 billion in 2013 and N22 billion in 2014.

See El-Rufai’s post below:
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But in a swift response, the immediate past Minister of National Planning during the Goodluck Jonathan presidency, Abubakar Sulaiman, said the Jonathan administration only spent N333 million on three independence anniversaries (2012-2014) and not the billions of naira being bandied about by the Kaduna State Governor.

Read Suleiman’s response here

However, when Vanguard checked El-Rufai’s Facebook page as at the time of filing this report, he has deleted the post.

Details of the letter from the OSGF’s office revealed that as against N64 billion, the Jonathan administration spent N333, 600, 000 on Independence Anniversary between 2011 to 2014.

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and since d days of john d Baptist APC has bin lying

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