......says no detail for N3.7trn allocation

Debate has reignited around transparency of the 2024 Appropriation Act after Senator Abdul Ningi’s claims of a missing N3.7 trillion was backed by a civil society group, BudgIT.

Ningi’s Allegations:

During a recent Senate session, Senator Ningi (Bauchi Central) raised concerns about the lack of detailed project breakdowns for a significant portion of the N28.78 trillion budget. He specifically highlighted an absence of granular information regarding N3.7 trillion, sparking accusations of “budget padding” from some quarters.

BudgIt Weighs In:

Seun Onigbinde, co-founder of the advocacy group BudgIT, appeared on Channels Television’s “Politics Today” program. While he disputed Ningi’s claim of a “parallel budget,” he acknowledged the lack of transparency in specific allocations.

“There should be a detailed breakdown of the budget,” Onigbinde stated. “On that point, Senator Ningi is right. But to say that we are running two parallel budgets, I don’t think that’s factual.”

Onigbinde further said as the rowdy session by Senate was ongoing, the Budgit team fact-checked claims by Ningi.

He said, “As the Senate rowdy session was going on, we were also fact-checking and one of the things we found out is that we were not able to lay hold to the claim by Senator Ningi. A budget of N28.7trn was passed into law and we were not able to see where N3.7trn (was missing).

“Historically, there are items in the budget that don’t have breakdown like statutory transfers but that does not mean there is a certain level of capital projects by the Federal Government that was appropriated and does not have a breakdown.”

Breaking Down the Numbers:

Onigbinde elaborated, explaining that the National Assembly often provides a very broad summary of allocations for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and government-owned enterprises (GOEs) This lack of granular detail makes it difficult to understand exactly how the funds are being distributed and for what specific projects.


“The budget we have now have the ministries, departments and agencies (MDA) and the government-owned enterprise budget,” Onigbinde stated.

“Around N2trn of the budget presented by the President is the government-owned enterprises budget. So, if Senator Ningi says there is a N25trn budget, yes, that is the MDA’s budget. It’s different from the government-owned enterprises budget whose budget was now added.

“In the current budget, the National Assembly gave a very broad summary of its allocations but there are no detailed allocations on a granular level that everybody can understand.

“These are transparent issues and if you put all these together, that is around N3.5trn to N3.7trn. So, if that is what he (Ningi) wants to interrogate, that there are component of the budget where there are no breakdown, that is very factual.”

Transparency Concerns:

Onigbinde’s comments highlight a persistent issue in Nigeria’s budgetary process. Civil society organizations and citizens alike have long advocated for increased transparency in government spending. A lack of clear and detailed breakdowns can hinder public oversight and raise concerns about accountability.

Executive Response Awaited:

The Ministry of Finance and the Budget Office of the Federation have yet to comment on Ningi’s and Onigbinde’s statements. Their response, particularly regarding the N3.7 trillion allocation and its breakdown, will be crucial in addressing concerns about budget transparency.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ripplesnigeria.com/budgit-confirms-sen-ningis-budget-padding-allegation-says-no-detail-for-n3-7trn-allocation/%3famp

The country is gone to the dogs.

It took me less than 1minute to read this news posted, and the news does not in any way even allege that anything criminal has occurred.

Infact, it implied that Ningi has raised a false alarm over a non existent parallel budget that only exist in the imagination of Ningi.

Onigbinde also clearly states that non-granularity of budget allocations is not a today case.

Onigbinde further said as the rowdy session by Senate was ongoing, the Budgit team fact-checked claims by Ningi.

He said, “As the Senate rowdy session was going on, we were also fact-checking and one of the things we found out is that we were not able to lay hold to the claim by Senator Ningi. A budget of N28.7trn was passed into law and we were not able to see where N3.7trn (was missing).

Onigbinde concluded that such non-granularity poses a transparency issue that could be better addressed, and if looking from that angle and considering that the MDAs budget component of the total N28T is N25T while the Government Enterprises Budget component is about N2T, that could together account for the N3.7T that Ningi has been shouting about.

Simple put, Ningi's outcry is due to poor understanding and ignorance.

A whole storm in a tea cup due to poor comprehension, while still not ruling out dementia and political mischief.

Our education is poor in Nigeria.

I will implore our teachers to do more to teach better and ensure to fail those who are not able to demonstrate adequate comprehension of the learning objectives.

As have been shown many times in Nigeria, there is always political chaos that is occasioned by lazy reading and poor comprehension of text.

DonMarkuzi:
The country is gone to the dogs.

Actually, our education is gone to the dogs.

The more reason I have been advocating that the government block all the pathways that allow Nigerians take billions of money out of our economy to pursue education abroad.

What manner of country would have a tertiary education budget that is less than what "poor and suffering" Nigerians are able to scrape up inside Nigeria to go pursue education in foreign lands?

StOla:


Actually, our education is gone to the dogs.

The more reason I have been advocating that the government block all the pathways that allow Nigerians take billions of money out of our economy to pursue education abroad.

What manner of country would have a tertiary education budget that is less than what "poor and suffering" Nigerians are able to scrape up inside Nigeria to go pursue education in foreign lands?

It's seems they paid you 45k last month. The speed you use to d3fend this budget padding is alerming. 3 post in a space of how many minutes.

a4cube:
It's seems they paid you 45k last month. The speed you use to d3fend this budget padding is alerming. 3 post in a space of how many minutes.

If your comprehension was as fast as mine, you would have had a better career growth, and a better grasp of topical issues affecting the polity.

Bobloco:
......says no detail for N3.7trn allocation

Debate has reignited around transparency of the 2024 Appropriation Act after Senator Abdul Ningi’s claims of a missing N3.7 trillion was backed by a civil society group, BudgIT.

Ningi’s Allegations:

During a recent Senate session, Senator Ningi (Bauchi Central) raised concerns about the lack of detailed project breakdowns for a significant portion of the N28.78 trillion budget. He specifically highlighted an absence of granular information regarding N3.7 trillion, sparking accusations of “budget padding” from some quarters.

BudgIt Weighs In:

Seun Onigbinde, co-founder of the advocacy group BudgIT, appeared on Channels Television’s “Politics Today” program. While he disputed Ningi’s claim of a “parallel budget,” he acknowledged the lack of transparency in specific allocations.

“There should be a detailed breakdown of the budget,” Onigbinde stated. “On that point, Senator Ningi is right. But to say that we are running two parallel budgets, I don’t think that’s factual.”

Onigbinde further said as the rowdy session by Senate was ongoing, the Budgit team fact-checked claims by Ningi.

He said, “As the Senate rowdy session was going on, we were also fact-checking and one of the things we found out is that we were not able to lay hold to the claim by Senator Ningi. A budget of N28.7trn was passed into law and we were not able to see where N3.7trn (was missing).

“Historically, there are items in the budget that don’t have breakdown like statutory transfers but that does not mean there is a certain level of capital projects by the Federal Government that was appropriated and does not have a breakdown.”

Breaking Down the Numbers:

Onigbinde elaborated, explaining that the National Assembly often provides a very broad summary of allocations for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and government-owned enterprises (GOEs) This lack of granular detail makes it difficult to understand exactly how the funds are being distributed and for what specific projects.


“The budget we have now have the ministries, departments and agencies (MDA) and the government-owned enterprise budget,” Onigbinde stated.

“Around N2trn of the budget presented by the President is the government-owned enterprises budget. So, if Senator Ningi says there is a N25trn budget, yes, that is the MDA’s budget. It’s different from the government-owned enterprises budget whose budget was now added.

“In the current budget, the National Assembly gave a very broad summary of its allocations but there are no detailed allocations on a granular level that everybody can understand.

“These are transparent issues and if you put all these together, that is around N3.5trn to N3.7trn. So, if that is what he (Ningi) wants to interrogate, that there are component of the budget where there are no breakdown, that is very factual.”

Transparency Concerns:

Onigbinde’s comments highlight a persistent issue in Nigeria’s budgetary process. Civil society organizations and citizens alike have long advocated for increased transparency in government spending. A lack of clear and detailed breakdowns can hinder public oversight and raise concerns about accountability.

Executive Response Awaited:

The Ministry of Finance and the Budget Office of the Federation have yet to comment on Ningi’s and Onigbinde’s statements. Their response, particularly regarding the N3.7 trillion allocation and its breakdown, will be crucial in addressing concerns about budget transparency.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ripplesnigeria.com/budgit-confirms-sen-ningis-budget-padding-allegation-says-no-detail-for-n3-7trn-allocation/%3famp

Did the op read what he posted before captioning the article in such a confusing manner?

And you think Tinubu is not aware of this. He wants to own Nigeria as he has pocketed Lagos. You were warned, this is just the beginning.

gashiwalesman:



Did the op read what he posted before captioning the article in such a confusing manner?

You want them to stop projecting a scandal?

Would that sell or draw the attention of the illiterate mob?

I'm sure your headline is from a different publication. Because it's clear different from what BudgetIT said.

gashiwalesman:



Did the op read what he posted before captioning the article in such a confusing manner?

The article has a source bro

Do you want me to change it from the way it was posted

Lies, deceit and propaganda is what Apc and Tinubu are good at.

These people love corruption, rascality, looting. They defend corruption & corrupt incompetent certificateless looters becausr their miserable lives actually depend & exist for and on corruption.

Thesame way they defended Buhari for 8 waisted yeeas only to afterwards blame Buhari because their clueless manhood failure Tinupoo has shown that he is even worst than his Ruga Master Buhari

Shameless people everywhere

There is a storm in the tea cup at the national assembly presently.

There may not be budget padding but there is definitely some allocations that are not given enough details, that’s what I understand this to mean

Lack of detailed and comprehensive information about allocation to MDAs can raise questions about sincerity on the part of govt because eventually these moneys are later released without much details for what purpose and to whom exactly…last last dem go kolobi the money and share within themselves

StOla:
It took me less than 1minute to read this news posted, and the news does not in any way even allege that anything criminal has occurred.

Infact, it implied that Ningi has raised a false alarm over a non existent parallel budget that only exist in the imagination of Ningi.

Onigbinde also clearly states that non-granularity of budget allocations is not a today case.



Onigbinde concluded that such non-granularity poses a transparency issue that could be better addressed, and if looking from that angle and considering that the MDAs budget component of the total N28T is N25T while the Government Enterprises Budget component is about N2T, that could together account for the N3.7T that Ningi has been shouting about.

Simple put, Ningi's outcry is due to poor understanding and ignorance.

A whole storm in a tea cup due to poor comprehension, while still not ruling out dementia and political mischief.

Spin doctor, you will never fail to disappoint, You failed to highlight where lack of transparency is mentioned and his call for clarification on some untraceable projects in the budget, of which he believes the suspended senator was referring to.

StOla:
It took me less than 1minute to read this news posted, and the news does not in any way even allege that anything criminal has occurred.

Infact, it implied that Ningi has raised a false alarm over a non existent parallel budget that only exist in the imagination of Ningi.

Onigbinde also clearly states that non-granularity of budget allocations is not a today case.



Onigbinde concluded that such non-granularity poses a transparency issue that could be better addressed, and if looking from that angle and considering that the MDAs budget component of the total N28T is N25T while the Government Enterprises Budget component is about N2T, that could together account for the N3.7T that Ningi has been shouting about.

Simple put, Ningi's outcry is due to poor understanding and ignorance.

A whole storm in a tea cup due to poor comprehension, while still not ruling out dementia and political mischief.

Wow So great.. please lets take this debate to facebook.. username please.

Gadafii:
There may not be budget padding but there is definitely some allocations that are not given enough details, that’s what I understand this to mean

Lack of detailed and comprehensive information about allocation to MDAs can raise questions about sincerity on the part of govt because eventually these moneys are later released without much details for what purpose and to whom exactly…last last dem go kolobi the money and share within themselves

A country's budget should be well detailed; anything outside that is simply padding. An avenue to steal funds

No sane person needs any spin doctor to how corrupt this leadership of Nigeria is especially the legislative.

We know there was Budget Padding

StOla:
It took me less than 1minute to read this news posted, and the news does not in any way even allege that anything criminal has occurred.

Infact, it implied that Ningi has raised a false alarm over a non existent parallel budget that only exist in the imagination of Ningi.

Onigbinde also clearly states that non-granularity of budget allocations is not a today case.



Onigbinde concluded that such non-granularity poses a transparency issue that could be better addressed, and if looking from that angle and considering that the MDAs budget component of the total N28T is N25T while the Government Enterprises Budget component is about N2T, that could together account for the N3.7T that Ningi has been shouting about.

Simple put, Ningi's outcry is due to poor understanding and ignorance.

A whole storm in a tea cup due to poor comprehension, while still not ruling out dementia and political mischief.

Continue deceiving yourself, Sen Ningi is a ranking senator, he knows what is saying, let me ask you, ranking senators just shared 500000 naira each, how did they do it? was it included in their 2023 budget? No ! They got it from padding ... Don't deceive yourself Ningi knows more than you all...

StOla:
It took me less than 1minute to read this news posted, and the news does not in any way even allege that anything criminal has occurred.

Infact, it implied that Ningi has raised a false alarm over a non existent parallel budget that only exist in the imagination of Ningi.

Onigbinde also clearly states that non-granularity of budget allocations is not a today case.



Onigbinde concluded that such non-granularity poses a transparency issue that could be better addressed, and if looking from that angle and considering that the MDAs budget component of the total N28T is N25T while the Government Enterprises Budget component is about N2T, that could together account for the N3.7T that Ningi has been shouting about.

Simple put, Ningi's outcry is due to poor understanding and ignorance.

A whole storm in a tea cup due to poor comprehension, while still not ruling out dementia and political mischief.

Very poor attempt to cover up the padding. The writer is smart by half by first alleging your first submission but unlike you who try to deceive the public so they will not read what you read in less than a minute.

It said, there is no breakdown of some allocation which totals between 3.5 Trillion to 3.7 Trillion.


“These are transparent issues and if you put all these together, that is around N3.5trn to N3.7trn. So, if that is what he (Ningi) wants to interrogate, that there are component of the budget where there are no breakdown, that is very factual.”

What do you think is padding if not lack of proper breakdown of allocated fund?

StOla:


If your comprehension was as fast as mine, you would have had a better career growth, and a better grasp of topical issues affecting the polity.

Better career growth on NL. Continue.......ebi npa wa.

gashiwalesman:



Did the op read what he posted before captioning the article in such a confusing manner?

What is budget padding?


“These are transparent issues and if you put all these together, that is around N3.5trn to N3.7trn. So, if that is what he (Ningi) wants to interrogate, that there are component of the budget where there are no breakdown, that is very factual.”

IamANigerianMan:

Continue deceiving yourself, Sen Ningi is a ranking senator, he knows what is saying, let me ask you, ranking senators just shared 500000 naira each, how did they do it? was it included in their 2023 budget? No ! They got it from padding ... Don't deceive yourself Ningi knows more than you all...

What is budget padding if not this?



“These are transparent issues and if you put all these together, that is around N3.5trn to N3.7trn. So, if that is what he (Ningi) wants to interrogate, that there are component of the budget where there are no breakdown, that is very factual.”

Gadafii:
There may not be budget padding but there is definitely some allocations that are not given enough details, that’s what I understand this to mean

Lack of detailed and comprehensive information about allocation to MDAs can raise questions about sincerity on the part of govt because eventually these moneys are later released without much details for what purpose and to whom exactly…last last dem go kolobi the money and share within themselves

I want to understand what budget padding is if not allocating money to projects without details so you can use the money for some other things later?

Look at it here

“These are transparent issues and if you put all these together, that is around N3.5trn to N3.7trn. So, if that is what he (Ningi) wants to interrogate, that there are component of the budget where there are no breakdown, that is very factual.”

Gadafii:
There may not be budget padding but there is definitely some allocations that are not given enough details, that’s what I understand this to mean

Lack of detailed and comprehensive information about allocation to MDAs can raise questions about sincerity on the part of govt because eventually these moneys are later released without much details for what purpose and to whom exactly…last last dem go kolobi the money and share within themselves

Which now begs the question...is that not budget padding....cause it seems some people somewhere are trying to twist and twist until the confuse us.....to show u the know what the are doing

Nato008:

Which now begs the question...is that not budget padding....cause it seems some people somewhere are trying to twist and twist until the confuse us.....to show u the know what the are doing

It's shocking! And some people who are graduates are falling for it. Imagine that a graduate doesn't understand what padding is?

If you don't know what padding is, what were you looking for in the news?

Those who didn't see padding in this article should come and explain to us what padding is because English now is had to understand.

We are gradually seeing APC e-warriors. Those who always comment on post to control opinions so people will not get the truth.

I use to think the popular 30k e-warriors slang was joke.

Beautifulday:
We are gradually seeing APC e-warriors. Those who always comment on post to control opinions so people will not get the truth.

I use to think the popular 30k e-warriors slang was joke.

Stop criticising the way, amount or manner I pay my workers

These are hard working CoRnist here like stOla we take great pride in their work too