Fayemi Defends Security Vote Spending by governors

Says “when somebody is kidnapped, people don’t bother about how he is released. Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday, defended the use of security vote by state governors even as the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai disagreed with him over the spending of security vote at the headquarters of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission( ICPC). While Buratai questioned the use of security vote by state governors, describing it as illegal and unconstitutional, and demanded that it should be subject to audit, governor Fayemi said the allegations that security vote was

By |September 12th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Buhari Has No Security Vote ―Udoma

MINISTER of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma said in Abuja on Thursday that neither President Muhammadu Buhari nor other officials of the Federal Government has security vote allocated to their offices. Speaking at the 2018 budget breakdown briefing in Abuja, Udoma also disclosed that government would borrow N1.95 trillion of the N9.12 trillion budget. In addition, the minister said federal government expect to fund the budget through a revenue projection of N7.1 trillion plus the N1.95 trillion to be borrowed from both domestic and foreign sources. Answering a question on Transparency International’s allegation that Buhari was setting

By |November 16th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: , , |1 Comment
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