Shortly after President Muhammadu Buhari submitted his first budget
in December last year, tagged “Budget of Change”, some Nigerians began
pointing out some strange allocations.
These include the amount to be spent on software and computers for
some ministries and agencies, allocations for the purchase of cars for
the presidential villa.
Others have highlighted multiple entries for the same department, especially in the education ministry.
While defending his ministry’s budget, Health Minister Issac
Odewale disowned what was presented to the parliament, saying some
“rats” had smuggled foreign items into the document originally prepared.
He is believed to have been referring to some civil servants.
Already there is talk of a “budget mafia” who, despite the
government’s vow to plug all leakages, are accused of finding ways to
enrich themselves from the public till.
The government says the budget is not perfect and that the
president is open to correction, but already some Nigerians have changed
the budget’s appellation to “Budget of Corruption”.
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