72 DISHONEST MEN

Despite the fight against corruption and the efforts by many state governments to ensure that taxpayers money are judiciously used by presenting people-oriented budgets, the long-aged tradition of budget padding and the activities of most political officer holders has over the years undermined these efforts.

A clear case is the 2019 budget of Akwa Ibom State-approved by the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 118 days after Governor Udom Emmanual stated during the budget presentation that new strategies such as expanding the revenue base of the state by eliminating wastage and leakages in expenditure would be adopted in the implementation of the budget.

Irrespective of its good intent, the Budget of Industrialisation for Poverty Alleviation as tagged by Mr Udom may actually be a divvy for political office holders especially members of the State House of Assembly as findings revealed that from the approved 2019 State budget of N672,98B in which a total of N11,966,310,580 (Eleven Billion, Nine Hundred and Sixty Six Million, Three Hundred and Ten Thousand, Five hundred and Eighty Naira) was earmarked for the...

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God is blessing Akwa Ibom and you are complaining? Are you not aware how some people almost killed themselves here getting those people elected? Now they are exercising their electoral mandate and you are complaining!

Thankfully, only 100 days or so don pass and they have over 3 years to learn. If Akwa Ibomites don't like this "divvy for political office holders", their eyes will open and they will choose wisely next time.