Budget: Joint Senate, Reps C”mtte uncovers billions of Naira appropriated for non-existing projects



…non-existing projects gulp billions of naira in the transportation sector

By Levinus Nwabughiogu


National Assembly Committee Monday uncovered the appropriation of over N4 billion for non-existing projects in transportation and maritime sector of the economy.

This covered the period of 3 fiscal years, precisely from 2017 to 2019.

Purchases made by the sector in the period under review included the acquisition of vessels and barges; the procurement of dredgers and other related equipment for which N6 billion were earmarked for National Inland Waterways Agency (NIWA).

Investigations, however, revealed that the purchases were made.

Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Inland Waterways, Land Transport, Ports and Harbour, and Marine Safety and Education made the discoveries during the 2020 budget defence of Federal Ministry of Transportation and NIWA.

Further investigations also revealed some controversial projects which NIWA claimed it had embarked on.

They were the National Freight Office in Idi-Iroko, Ogun State for which total sums of N40.500 million was appropriated in 2017; N166 million in 2018; N99 million in 2019 while the sum of N400 million was proposed in the 2020 budget estimates of Federal Ministry of Transportation budget line item: ERGP 27102753.

Others included the procurement of Dredgers and other related equipment/vessels which had the sum of N1.5 billion proposed in the 2020 NIWA’s 2020 budget.

The lawmakers discovered with dismay that the total sum of N2. 2 billion was appropriated for the project in 2018 Appropriation Act, while the additional sum of N1 billion was appropriated for the same project in the 2019 Appropriation Acts respectively.

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The Committee had queried the existing of those projects in Idi-Irioko, saying they were nonexistent.

Following an ensued disagreement on the existing of the projects, the Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Waterways, Hon. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, frowned at various infractions noticed in the successive Appropriation Acts, suggesting a thorough investigation on the projects and the utilization of funds.

He said: “The facts on this matter are on the budget proposal for 2020 and previous budgetary provisions. For instance, there was a line item that has to do with the construction of the National Freight Office in Idi-Iroko, Ogun State. In 2017, it appeared in the Appropriation Act in the sum of N40 million was pencilled down for that project. In 2018, N166 million was captured for that project an increment of over 400%.

“In 2019, it was repeated again the same budget line item it was N99 million and in 2020, it’s N400 million for the same budget line item, which makes it a total sum of N705 million, from N40 million to N400 million.

“The astronomical increment on the project is unimaginable. There are other items on that budget, like NIWA, there is an item there, for instance in 2019 there was a provision of about N1 billion for the acquisition of Dredgers and other related equipment/vessels and in 2020 there is a proposal of N2.7 billion. Meanwhile, the project appeared in 2018 at the sum of N2.2 billion.appropriated for that project.

“These show a lot of inconsistencies. When you look at the budgets it looks as if someone somewhere is just fixing figures and at the budget defence today. I have to raise some of those issues and I also think these issues need proper clarifications before this budget is passed.”

The lawmaker, however, said it would be premature to term the projects fraudulent until the outcome of the investigation.

Following, the controversial discoveries, the joint Committee resolved to closely scrutinize the budgets of various agencies under the Federal Ministry of Transportation separately before approval of their 2020 budget.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/10/budget-joint-senate-reps-cmtte-uncovers-billions-of-naira-appropriated-for-non-existing-projects/

Hahahahahaha.... Amaechi doesn't like money na... Where are those ediots dat like to point out dates, dis is between last 2 years ooo...

Let us ask the horse itself shall we?
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This is always the problem when a country adopts incremental budgeting approach the best form of budgeting system remains zero based budgeting (ZBB) whereby every item of expenditure must be justified from the scratch for optimum allocation of scare resources. until this is done, the elites would keep enriching their pockets

N’Assembly Committees Uncover N4bn Non-existing Projects Appropriated for in 3 Years

By Adedayo Akinwale ín Abuja



The National Assembly Joint Committees on Marine Transport have uncovered non-existing projects to the tune of over N4 billion appropriated for by the National Inland Waterways Agency (NIWA) between 2017 and 2019 fiscal years.

These projects included acquisition of vessels, barges and procurement of dredgers and other related equipment for which over N4 billion was appropriated for.

The committees made the discoveries Monday during the budget defence of the Ministry of Transportation and NIWA held at the National Assembly.

The contentious projects are: National Freight Office in Idi-Iroko, Ogun State for which a total sum of N40.500 million was appropriated in 2017, N166 million in 2018 and N99 million in 2019; while the sum of N400 million was proposed in the 2020 budget estimates in the Ministry of Transportation budget line item: ERGP 27102753.

Others included procurement of dredgers and other related equipment/vessels for which the sum of N1.5 billion was proposed in the NIWA’s 2020 budget estimate transmitted to the National Assembly.

The lawmakers equally observed that a total sum of N2. 2 billion was appropriated for the project in 2018 Appropriation Act, while an additional sum of N1 billion was appropriated for the same project in the 2019 Appropriation Acts respectively.

The Deputy Chairman of the House Committee, Hon. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, frowned on various infractions noticed in the successive Appropriation Acts, stressing that there was need to conduct a thorough investigation into the alleged funds expended on the projects.

Jarigbe also pointed out that the ministry had budgeted a line item earmarked ERGP27192753 for construction of National Freight Office at Idi Iroko, Ogun State and queried the N400,000,000.00 allocated in the budget for it.

He stressed further that most of the projects tagged on-going in the 2019 Appropriation Act of the ministry were never in existence before 2019 having vetted the previous budgets.

Jarigbe therefore called for a thorough investigation of the ministry’s budgeting process, noting that what it means is that someone sits somewhere and manufactures figures for the ministry.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/10/21/nassembly-committees-uncover-n4bn-non-existing-projects-appropriated-for-in-3-years-by-niwa/

The rate we hear billions, millions in this country and at the end of the day its only this political gladiators that make use of it personally,

God of thunder abeg do the needful where this national thieves are

This country don tire me

These criminals wan bury this country by all means, but God no go gree una.

Oga rotimi what do you have to say??

waiting for the dead meat seller

Audio project no be today na.

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Hahahahahaha.... Amaechi doesn't like money na... Where are those ediots dat like to point out dates, dis is between last 2 years ooo...

Ofcourse, The Lizard of Ubima is not corrupt, it is his shadow that is corrupt - Oloriburuku ikeji aja.


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We are in technology Era. I don't know why our leaders can't make use of technology to track and document all these projects. Let there be a forum/app that will constitute all projects in the country. Government should announce the commencement of any new project there, Contractors should post pictures of work in progress of the projects there, citizens too can post and comment of any wrong doing about the project, monitor the project voluntarily and give updates. That way, nobody can lie about an existing or none existing project anymore because the process is now transparent.

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All na scam ... Una go still later pass with una own additions.... Useless sets of animals

E tire me sef.





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To think that someone called us fantastically corrupt and wailers were wailing
Shithole of a country

Let's blame PDP for this, shall we?

16 years excuse bla bla bla

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I DON'T KNOW WHO I AM

Thieves

Who Una dey mumu
Oriyinburu ni

Rotimi Ameachi i hail thee.

Nigeria my country.
The more you look, the less you see.

The clean bubu

I'm not surprised at all at all. By the time this government is done with their 8 years, Nigeria will be the poorest country on earth.

They have looted over 20 billion dollars saved by previous administration of PDP, reducing it to paltry 380 million dollars.

The Dundee president is busy travelling up and down not knowing right and left while his family and kitchen cabinet go on looting spree.

God will surely bring all of you to justice for making this country a living hell for fellow citizens. You all will never go unpunished.

Nigeria is a finished country..

In this next level,with the taxes imposed even in the air we breath The people that are supposed to make better laws to ease the citizens pains are busy milking us(no wonder notyn is done towards the taxes)

In short...This present government is fighting korruption as exposed..

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Ameachi over to you

Am sure more discoveries are coming up

All na scam ... Una go still add una own additions .... Useless sets of animals

These Nigerian lawmakers are now sounding like saints.. They just want proper settlement and they will shut up.

The more you look, they less you

This is bull shit at the end the matter will be close and no one will hear about it again.

Mtcheeew

We know.

Lot of these so called project exist in lagos

Tinubu is the architect.

Amaechi and his oga the corruption fighter have a case to answer for missing billions unaccounted for in the transport ministry.