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AN estimated $15billion has been unaccounted for from the defence sector between 2000 and 2015 while billions are spent without clear rationale and external oversight, the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and its partner, Transparency International – Defence and Security (TI-DS) have said.

“More spending does not mean more security. Defence sector is a juicy target for corrupt military leaders seeking to pad their pockets,” said Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, Executive Director of CISLAC at the end of a two-day workshop organised in Abuja towards strengthening gaps in the 2020 defence budget.

“Without increasing transparency and oversight of our most secret sector, we will not succeed in keeping Nigerian wealth in Nigeria. Corruption in the defence sector has only expanded.”

Rafsanjani said while President Muhammadu Buhari has made significant moves to take on the secretive and powerful defence sector, the pace of reform at the Ministry of Defence is slow.

He reiterated that reforms of the defence sector were long overdue and ‘painfully needed in the context of mounting security challenges.

Opaque counter-terrorism spending, the CISLAC boss noted would jeopadise Nigeria’s anti-corruption drive and derail the fight against Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP).

“Security votes are corruption schemes which have done little good except diverting funds, “he added.

While noting that uncoordinated capital expenditure in the defence budget has progressed with little or no impact, Rafsanjani stated that the National Assembly must strengthen its oversight on defence budget and spending

He said CISLAC and its partners have found that unpublished defence budgets are still frequently abused by corrupt officials seeking to benefit from the conflicts with Boko Haram and oil theft in the Southern region and lauder stolen money abroad.

“Many deaths in the conflict have occurred while the military still lacks vital equipment, critical training and morale. Even the Chief of Army Staff alluded to this recently,” Rafsanjani said.

Meanwhile, the two CSOs asked President Buhari to brief the nation on the spending of money withdrawn from the excess crude account to purchase intelligence equipment and weapons to fight against Boko Haram in 2017.

READ MORE: https://www.icirnigeria.org/budget-15b-unaccounted-for-in-defence-sector-in-five-years-cislac/

See the hypocrites? The alleged wastage covers only btw 2000-2015.So what about 2015 till date? What about the $1B counter-insurgency funds of last year with BH still wreaking havoc on our military & innocent Nigerians with utter impunity?

No need for this CSO to disturb itself because Buhari himself fully knows of the corruption in the ministry of defense under the NSA.

This was simply the reason that the famed presidential arms scandal probe of 2016 was disband with its released & unreleased report because major actors like Lt.Gen.Abdulraman Danbazzo and Buratai-the then procurement officer (former & present COAS respectively)who were all implicated.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/guardian.ng/news/arms-probe-presidency-doctored-report-to-shield-dambazau-buratai-says-junaid-mohammed/amp

However, in the characteristic APC way of wriggling out of lies when caught, Lai Mohammed informed a bewildered nation that the period under review didn't cover the tenure of these "indicted APC saints." Explaining that their time of probe will come which has never come & never will.

Concern dem sit and chop is all dey Know

AN estimated $15billion has been unaccounted for from the defence sector between 2000 and 2015 while billions are spent without clear rationale and external oversight

So between 2000 and 2015 is 5 years according to the headline?

If you must report an event, just state it or caption it exactly the way it is, stop trying to distort anything as that wouldn't by any chance grant your wish.

Reportage like this is one of the reasons I strongly support the passage of bill that seeks to sanction deliberate distortion of events and happenings.

Anyway, las las no shimgba for online trolls.

IkengaAlusi1:
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shatap there and get out
you don't know anything

This one still dey here dey look for "business"? Nawao. . No go search for job even if na okada business.

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Simplyleo:
This one still dey here dey look for "business"? Nawao. . No go search for job even if na okada business.

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shatap there and get out
e pain am wella

this is my job
i love it
zero tolerance for tribalists

so 2000-2015 is 5 years

Evening bloggers everywhere

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helinues:
so 2000-2015 is 5 years

Evening bloggers everywhere

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trash

My dream is about to come true
I want all security agencies to be thoroughly audited. At least it will serve as check and balance