A Civil Society Organisation that focuses on fiscal and ecological justice in the Niger Delta, Policy Alert, has identified some controversial appropriations made in the Akwa Ibom State 2023 Supplementary Budget.
The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly had in September passed a Supplementary Budget of N150 billion, in addition to the N700 billion earlier approved, bringing the total revised budget to N850 billion for the 2023 fiscal year. A breakdown of the Supplementary Budget shows that N50.3 billion was appropriated for recurrent expenditure while N99.69 billion was for capital expenditure.
The statement added, “It is also disturbing that the Government of Akwa Ibom State prioritised provision of furnitures for new State House Members and purchase of utility vehicles in the supplementary budget, whereas the allocation for these items in the original budget were already sufficient and far above comparable rates. “In the supplementary budget, the purchase of 90 Jeeps for Office of the Secretary to the State Government had N2.8bn supplementary budget totaling N5.
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