The drama
surrounding
the 2016
budget may
not have seen
its last days,
as two
versions of
the budget
have been
released as
the amended
copy.
Following
agitations from
civil society
organisation
and concerned
Nigerians, the
budget office
uploaded the
full version of
the “final
amended” 2016
budget.
It also uploaded
the same on a
ministry-by-
ministry basis,
showing a few
discrepancies in
the budget of
the ministry of
solid minerals.
Prime among
the
discrepancies
was the
inclusion of
N795,234,275
for a website
update for the
ministry.
In the full
budget, N795.2
million was
included for the
website
update,
alongside
another
N49,764,000 for
“upgrading and
maintenance of
SIGTIM title
management
software and
mco’s official
website;
development of
in-house
support
software for
database
cleaning and
synchronization;
internet/web
access services
(bandwidth and
domain
subscription)”.
However, in the
ministry’s
budget N795.2
million was
missing, while
the N49.7 was
retained.
Our source had
initially raised
the inclusion of
the N795.2
million in the
altered budget,
after the initial
presentation by
President
Muhammadu
Buhari in
December 2015.
Some other
items raised
were retained
in the signed
budget,
including the
N3,914,197,062
for “annual
routine
maintenance of
villa facilities by
JBN”.
According to
the budget, the
presidency will
still be spending
N340 million in
purchasing BMW
saloon cars,
while N500
billion set aside
for vulnerable
Nigerians.
The budget has
been fraught
with
controversy. It
went missing,
was padded,
and eventually
scrutinised to
rid it of all sorts
of errors, but
these
discrepancies
seem unending,
as the final
copy has now
shown.
On the bright
side, the N60
billion “rail
construction of
the coastal
railway project
from Lagos to
Shagamu to
Ijebu Ode to
Ore to Benin
city to Sapele
to Warri to
Yenegoa (with
siding to
Otuoke) to Port
Harcourt to Aba
to Uyo to
Calabar (with
branch line from
Benin city to
Abudu to Agbor
to Uko to
Ogwashiuku to
Asaba to
Onitsha
including the
Onitsha railway
bridge) rail line
project” was
included in the
signed budget.

BeeBeeOoh:
Confusion must be really jealous of Buhari, APC & governance..

inclusion of
N795,234,275
for a website
update for the
ministry.
In the full
budget, N795.2
million was
included for the
website
update,
alongside
another
N49,764,000 for
“upgrading and
maintenance of
SIGTIM title
management
software and
mco’s official
website;00
development of
in-house
support
software for
database
cleaning and
synchronization;
internet/web
access services
(bandwidth and
domain
subscription)”.

seunmsg:
I just checked the website of the budget office and I saw only one 2016 appropriation act there. Below is the link.

http://www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/pdfs/2016m/2016%20Appropriation%20Act.pdf

Breakingtimes spewing lies as usual and as expected, wailers are already celebrating without even cross checking.

BeeBeeOoh:
Confusion must be really jealous of Buhari, APC & governance..