The president vowed that the budget would cut waste from government spending and its funds would only be used for public good. However, the breakdown of the line items of the 2016 Appropriation Bill, shows that what the president said cannot be farther from the truth.
Extensive review of the proposed budget, which has passed second reading at the Senate and the House of Representatives, reveals it is a collection of fraudulent and frivolous allocations, many of which are clearly meant to support the opulent lifestyle of public officials.
Many of the allocations were either repeated several times, over-priced or are obvious misplacement of priorities, see list below, click each items to read details on them.
· Osinbajo’s office’ books gets more money than federal polytechnics
· Presidency propose to spend N322m to link a cable to drivers’ restroom
· Buhari to pay rent for Aso Rock
· Fashola to spend N140m per borehole
· Presidency to spend N3.8bn for a new VIP wing in State House Clinic
Below, are other frauds sighted from the breakdown of the line items of the 2016 Appropriation Bill
The Presidency also proposed to spend N904,015,000 for the acquisition of brand new automobile fleet and fleet maintenance equipment in the year.
This amount, when broken down, is equal to spending N2,469,986 everyday on its automobile fleet. This is in addition to the N259,015,000 for the Purchase of “Tyres, Batteries, Fuses, Toolboxes, Car Jacks, Tyre Changing ‘Machines’ and Kits” and N27,000,000 to purchase C-Caution Signs, Fire Extinguishers, Towing Ropes and Booster Cables for just for the Aso Rock automobile fleet.
Curiously enough, most of the vehicles in this fleet are hardly taken outside Abuja and its environs.
