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After Spending N470Million This Year
Ekiti Govt Budgets Additional N300Million For Abuja Governor’s Lodge After Spending N470Million on it already.

Earlier, a SaharaReporters review of the Ekiti State Open Contracting Portal revealed that a contract valued at N320 million was awarded for the construction of a guest house chalet within the Government House.

A SaharaReporters review of the 2026 proposed budget document for Ekiti State has shown that a total of N300 million has been earmarked for the construction of the governor and deputy governor's lodge in Asokoro, Abuja.

This allocation comes despite the fact that N470 million was already spent on the same purpose between January and September 2025.

While the government spends on lodges for deputy governor and state governor, a review of the Ekiti State audited financial statement for the year ended December 2024 reveals a worrying trend. The document shows that 35 government agencies received no funding for their capital expenditure, despite having a combined capital budget of N3.3 billion.

The affected agencies include: Ministry of Education, Science and Technology;
Deputy Governor’s Office; Independent Project Monitoring Office; Ekiti State Boundary Commission; Ekiti State Mortgage Board; Ekiti State Liaison Office, Abuja; Ekiti State Liaison Office, Lagos; Ekiti State Muslim Board; Capital Development Authority; and Ekiti State Pensions Board.

Others are: Ministry of Information and Values Orientation; Office of Establishment and Service Matters; Office of Capacity Development and Reforms; Ekiti State Civil Service Commission; Office of Political and Economic Affairs; Directorate of Farm Settlement and Peasant Farmers Development; and Central Internal Audit.

Others are the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital; Ekiti Drugs and Health Supply Management; Ministry of Local Government Affairs; and the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Home Affairs.

Despite these funding gaps, SaharaReporters earlier reported that the state government awarded contracts worth billions of naira to permanent secretaries.

Another contract for the procurement of one 18-seater Sunray bus and four Bajaj motorcycles, valued at N75.1 million, was also awarded to a "Permanent Secretary."

overall90:
Please I want someone to educate me.
Do other countries do things like these.
For instance do governors and deputy governors of the States in US have such lodges in Washington D C ?
And if not, how did we come up with stuffs like this

nairalandankrah:
https://saharareporters.com/2025/12/11/ekiti-govt-budgets-additional-n300million-abuja-governors-lodge-after-spending

nairalandankrah:
https://saharareporters.com/2025/12/11/ekiti-govt-budgets-additional-n300million-abuja-governors-lodge-after-spending

oyeb15:
It's necessary to have state lodge in Abuja. The amount governors and commissioners of finance pay for hotels in Abuja is overwhelming.

Moreover how much is N700million in today's economy.

We should stop behaving like 'Omo talaka'

nairalandankrah:
https://saharareporters.com/2025/12/11/ekiti-govt-budgets-additional-n300million-abuja-governors-lodge-after-spending

DatNiggaDaz:


When you want to understand what fraudulent activities in corruption in high and low places looks like visit that region

Corruption defines the region. All the Apc politicians are in parapoism when it comes to looting of state resources

Olufemiolaolu:
No, U.S. Governors and Deputy Governors don't typically have official "lodges" in Washington D.C. like a state mansion; instead, they use state-funded offices and liaison staff (like Washington Representatives/Liaisons) to manage federal relations, plus they stay in hotels or private residences during visits, focusing on lobbying and meetings, not permanent official homes, as DC isn't a state with governor residences.

maasoap:
You are about tribalism here, dude. Well, your region is worse, there is a reason why you all are trooping to "that region"

maasoap:
You are about tribalism here, dude. Well, your region is worse, there is a reason why you all are trooping to "that region"

Brendaniel:
After Spending N470Million This Year

Ekiti Govt Budgets Additional N300Million For Abuja Governor’s Lodge After Spending N470Million on it already.

While Tinubu is building coastal road fraud in Lagos, Oyebanji is building Ori-Oke in Abuja