The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Tuesday, said allegations of budget padding of projects and allocations in the 2023 Appropriation Bill made no sense. She stated this during her presentation before the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, had while appearing before the Senate Committee on Special Duties on November 21, 2022, for budget defence, blamed the finance ministry for adding N206bn to the ministry’s budget. Farouq had claimed that the ministry requested some projects for the North East Development Commission and the National Social Safety Net Project in the 2022 budget, which were not released, but was surprised to see an inflated amount in the 2023 budget of the ministry. Consequently, the House invited the finance minister to respond to six queries concerning budgets of various ministries, departments and agencies. The ...
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