Lai Mohammed
Speaking at a budget defence session before the Senate Committe on
Information, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
yesterday openly disowned the N398 million being part of the budget
estimates by his ministry meant for the purchase of computers.
While reacting to questions on the N230 million and N168 million
voted for the purchase of computers for the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
and the Film and Video Censors Board, he noted that the total sum of
N398 million proposed in the budget for the purchase of computers was
strange to him, adding that he was not aware.
"No, that is not possible. That was definitely not what was proposed, this cannot be,"
the minister protested even as an official of the ministry noted that
only N5 million was proposed for the item in the original budget of the
NFVCB.
The chairman of the Committee, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe said, "The difference between N5million and N168m is huge."
Ima Niboro the Managing Director of NAN, also expressed shock at
the N230million for the purchase of the same item as captured under 'Capital Votes' in the 2016 budget of NAN.
It appears there are lots of discrepancies in the budget 2016. Last
week for instance, Senate Committee on Education discovered N10 billion
tucked into the education budget.
It was also reported that the Health Minister, Professor Isaac
Adewole on Monday, February 8 announced that the figures of the original
budget of his ministry had been changed and therefore should be
discarded.
The two arms of the National Assembly, the Senate and House of
Representatives on Tuesday, said the 2016 budget could not be passed on
February 25th as earlier promised because it was full of errors.
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