aminulive: Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-rufai has released details on the state's security budget after being challenged by the speaker of the house of representatives, Yakubu Dogara.
Politics Nigeria has obtained a statement on the matter from the Kaduna state government. It was signed by Samuel Aruwan, El-rufai's aide on media and publicity.
It reads:
Our attention has been drawn to a challenge by Hon. Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, calling on Kaduna State to make public its Security Votes and Local Government expenditure. This challenge was thrown as a response to Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s request to the National Assembly (NASS) to provide further details on the opaque N115 billion (One Hundred and Fifteen Billion Naira) 2016 NASS budget. Malam Nasir El-Rufai welcomes this challenge as a necessary step to improve and strengthen our democracy and would like to respond as follows:
The budgets of all state governments in Nigeria are detailed out and presented at least under the headings of: a. personnel cost b. overhead, and c. capital expenditure This is unlike the budget of the National Assembly which is a single line item of over N100 billion that divulges zero information or details. NASS can at least break down its own single line budget into the hundreds of line items that are detailed in every state government budget in Nigeria. It is disingenuous to respond to every request for transparency by casting aspersions.
On our part, the Kaduna State government has consistently made public all its budget details. In 2016, in an unprecedented step, the State published not only its own budget but also that of all the 23 Local Government Councils online on the www.openkaduna.com.ngwebsite. The Local Government budgets provide details of the recurrent and capital spending of every single LG in a transparent manner. The proposed 2017 LG Budgets, currently before the State Assembly, are also already online on the same website, and on www.kdsg.gov.ng.Approved State Budgets 2016-2017 can be found on http://openkaduna.com.ng/Budget/approved-budget. We invite the Right Honourable Speaker to download and peruse at his pleasure.
As regards Kaduna State Security Votes, once again, if the Honourable Speaker had run an online search he would have discovered the details of our spending priorities on security as a State Government. As our KadunaComprehensive Security Architecture (KADCoSA) outlines, the State is directing security spending on four pillars; Justice, Technology, Community Engagement and Support to Security Agencies. The 2017 budget details specific amounts:
N1.5bn (one and half billion naira) for the Procurement & Installation of CCTV Cameras for Monitoring and Surveillancetowards Reducing Criminal Activities within the Metropolis.
b. N193m (one hundred and ninety-three million naira) for Procurement of Geo-position Interceptor and location of GSM UMTS System to Check the Trends andIntercept/locate kidnappers’ GSM calls.
c. N265m (two hundred and sixty-five million naira) for the Procurement of Drones/Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to identify locations of armed bandits in our Forest Reserves across the state and the Establishment of a Forensic Laboratory to assist in determining substantial evidence in cases that otherwise proved difficult in the past.
d. In addition, N2.6bn (two billion and six hundred million naira) is allocated in 2017 to support the network of federal Security Agencies in Kaduna with communications, logistics and material.
Details of actual spending in 2015 for security and indeed every line item in the State budgets are also publicly available via the annual report of the Accountant-General accessible on www.kdsg.gov.ng. The 2015 accounts of the Kaduna State Government have been audited, and the audit summary published in major newspapers and on the state website on 21st June 2016. The Accountant-General's report for 2016 has been finalised and its audit is ongoing and will be published as usual. The audited state government accounts can also be found on http://openkaduna.com.ng/Budget/audited. The Kaduna State government will continue to remain transparent and open in all its finances. That is what we have promised to all our people and that is what our party, the APC and our President stand for. Malam Nasir El-Rufai is today making publicly available his payslip as Governor of Kaduna State. In February 2017, the Kaduna State Government paid the Governor a net salary of N470,521.74, with the following details:
Income Deductions Basic Salary N185,308.75
Hardship Allowance N370,617.50
Gross Pay N555,926.25
PAYE
N85,404.51 Total Deduction
N85,401.51 Net Pay N470,521.74
The amount may appear puny but it reflects what the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission approved as the salary and allowances of every State Governor adjusted to reflect provision in-kind of accommodation and transportation. Governor Nasir El-Rufai would like to reiterate his call for the NASS leadership to do the same and disclose the details of the National Assembly budget, and the salaries and allowances of its leadership.
The call to #OpenNASS, is not a personal one. It is one which the leadership of the National Assembly owes to all Nigerians. It is, therefore, disingenuous for the Speaker to use State Government budgets as the excuse for the opacity of the NASS budget. In 2016, the NASS budget for its 469 members was larger than the capital budget of Kaduna State, with close to 10 million inhabitants. It is also larger than the entire budget of several Nigerian States. Indeed, over the past ten years from 2008, the NASS as an institution has cost the country over a trillion naira without any detail on how this amount was allocated and spent.
There is no state government in Nigeria with a budget nearly as opaque as that of NASS. In March 2016, this National Assembly, led by its Chairman, promised to provide a detailed breakdown of the National Assembly budget. Nigerians are waiting.
Chaaai lwahd have mercy.. o lord help us in this country.. help us in destroying those that are hell bent on making us suffer. O Allah expose all the wicked people that want to destroy this country.O Allah destroy those that are hell bent in stealing our collective wealth. O Allah destroy and shame all those that want my children yet unborn to suffer. Ya Allah if they are not going to change for the better destroy them all. Withhold your mercy from them and shower your wrath on them..Please Lord answer the prayers of well meaning Nigerians and save this country..... This is too much. Am just tired.
Khikhikhikhikhikhikhihehehehehehehahahajajajahah chaai lafWanKiMiDai... Why don't they want to accept the truth? Pdp is dead, the binding force(Free access to the nations treasury) is no longer there.... hahaha pointing fingers... Why didn't they fight.. mcheew
nnadychuks: Believe it or not, Nigerians are very creative in one way or the other. :DThis aeroplane was built locally with tricycle(keke) engine and the body by engineer Godspower In Ugheli North, Delta State.
Does it take off? if it doesn't then it's better off known as KekePrane..
JustinSlayer69: [b] YES we didn't save for the rainy days...YES, most African leaders stole their countries' riches dry. .
BUT
I have never seen IMF speak / take action that would actually benefit Africa. They always suggest we should devalue so that they - the West can buy off our "stuff" at a cheaper rate.
Never saw them clamouring for the US to devalue during the 2008 recession or UK during Brexit.
Forgive my armchair economics if I am wrong. This is my personal opinion and perception.
PS- those advocating for a free float of the Naira...by the time it reaches 1000- 2000 / $, your eyes would clear. Then you won't even afford to be on Nairaland to post rubbish.
Sad truth is, Nigeria has nothing to offer but oil. The Naira needs to be defended as a short term measure, while we build the framework for better electricity, water, policies which would benefit us in the long-term.
Only developed countries can afford a free float because they have all the infrastructure in place [/b]
You're so damn right, those IMF folks are just bunch of savage bullies who just want to keep on stealing Africans dry.
Icon4s: Decentralise power generation and Let each state in the country generate its own power and lets c if there will nt be 24/7 power in some states. And by the time investors and businesses start moving to those states with power u'll tell me whether the other states wont wake up.
Decentralise Power Generation!
All states would definitely wake up if power generation is decentralized. Every state would invest heavily in improved power supply instead of now that they are all relaxed waiting for the federal government to make it available.... Can't we make this hashtag #DecentralisePowerGeneration trend in naija so as to put pressure on the govt?
Icon4s: Decentralise power generation and Let each state in the country generate its own power and lets c if there will nt be 24/7 power in some states. And by the time investors and businesses start moving to those states with power u'll tell me whether the other states wont wake up.
Decentralise Power Generation!
Totally agree with this...#DecentralisePowerGeneration.
low IQ zoological barbarian on a genie flying broom
Ohh yaa, my bad.. I totally forgot, you're not Nigerian. You're one of those morons that come up on a platform and start vomiting trash clamoring for a course that everyone is avoiding like a plague..Anyways All Za Best in your self satisfying and self glorifying daftness....hahaha Mr High IQ. hahahahaha such a vagabond..
JUNK every local wood carver in ijaw-land can close their eye and carve a coffin that look exactly like a real car .
go to ijawland and see for your self .
the use of CAD and CNC machine and English wheel or Marglio hammer will tell you that north Nigeria is backward .
so you rejoice over savagery ? useless country . you will remain backward for another 800 years .
Such a pained individual.. It's obvious that your heart is filled with hatred and tribalism, so it could only have been an achievement or a good thing only if it had been done by someone from ijaw? this shows how shallow you are. But I guess you know the guy doesn't even know you exist talk less of giving a damn about your opinion. You will only keep on blabbing rubbish from your demented head and keep on being 800years backward thinking you are hurting others. Such a Slowpoke.
ChuzzyBlog: The Chuzzyblog reader who sent in these photos is a student of University of Pretoria, South Africa. The final year accounting student was stunned when she saw a particular question in her test paper where big brother housemates ThinTallTony, Soma, Gifty and Bisola were featured.
She busted out a loud laugh in the middle of a very serious test! She however disclosed that the test was quite difficult generally!
Kaila is a healthy baby girl born with natural blue eyes.
Her parents are from Delta state.
Unfortunately people tend to be afraid of Kayla because of her beautiful blue eyes.They say it's scary.
Her father's older brother also has blue eyes and had to deal with been discriminated against and stigmatized because of the color of his eyes growing up. In fact he learned to walk with his head facing down so as not to scare people away.
Kaila and her uncle are not the only ones with this special gift.
Other members of their family also have blue eyes or blue patches in their eyes.
While I'm not a doctor, I know that there is a scientific explanation as to why they have eye color synonymous with Caucasians. I also know from my belief as a Christian that God wanted it that way.
So that they possess blue eyes doesn't make them different from you and I.
It is just a mutation and Kaila, members of her family and any other Africa with blue/ green or grey eyes should not be treated differently or made to hate themselves because the color of their eyes.
Thank you.
See Beautiful Baby With Nigerian Parents Stigmatized Because Of The Color Of Her Eyes This is Kaila.
Kaila is a healthy baby girl born with natural blue eyes.
Hahahahaha d guy dey make me laugh dem born dem well? make dem try am.. We'll show then they are nothing but bunch of shameless certificate forgers. Rubbish..
DONSMITH123: The Senate, Thursday, passed amendments to the Electoral Act 2010, approving the use of electronic voting in future elections.
It also approved that election results should be electronically transmitted to collation centers.
The passage of bill followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on a Bill for an Act to amend the Electoral Act No. 6, 2010 and for other related matters (SB 231 and SB 234).
Major highlights of the new bill include provision for the use of electronic voting by INEC during future elections, use of Card Reader and also gives INEC power to modify the voting process if there is a challenge.
The Senate also approved a provision to enable INEC transmit the result of elections electronically in an encrypted and secured manner to prevent hacking.
To address the incident that happened in Kogi State, during last gubernatorial election, the amended Electoral Act provides that if a candidate dies before results of elections are declared, the results will not only remain valid but belongs to the political party that lost its candidate.
It also added that in such a scenario, the INEC should suspend the elections for 21 days during which period the affected political party will conduct fresh primaries to choose a new candidate.
The Bill also gives political parties power to adopt direct or indirect primaries in choosing their flag bearers, while qualification of disqualification of candidates for elections will be solely based on the Constitution.
In his comments after the adoption of the report by the Red Chamber, Senate President, Bukola Saraki, thanked his colleagues for a job well done and expressed optimism that the Bill would further improve the nation’s electoral system and also contribute to good governance.
Saraki said: “Distinguished colleagues, let me thank all of you for this job well done.
“I want to particularly thank the members of the Committee on INEC and particularly the former chairman of the Committee, Abubakar Kyari, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and all the members of the committee who have worked very hard to ensure the passage of this very important bill which addresses our electoral process and goes on to strengthen our democracy.
“We have touched on new areas which I believe will improve the credibility of our elections and by so doing, definitely improve our democracy and good governance.
“Most importantly, I think, are some of the new sections we have added, in the area of technology, the smart card reader, and particularly the area of collation which has been an area of great concern.
“Collation of results after the polling units and some of the additions we put on the electronic way by which the compilation of results can be done, I think will go a long way to reduce some of the irregularities we have seen before.
“This is a great work you have been able to put together today and I want to commend everybody. I am also happy that we have passed the amendments very early. My concern has always been that if we don’t do it now, it will get more difficult as we get blowed to the 2019 elections.
“We hope that with this Bill that we have passed, very soon, we will sit together with the House of Representatives to be able to get the copy to the President for assent.
“I think when signed into law, it will enable INEC to have something to work early enough. I think what we have done today will really put our electoral law among the best that we have and it will go a long way in improving our electoral process,” he said.
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