BudgIT has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the payment of government funds into personal accounts. This call was made after a study of the Open Treasury Initiative of the Federal Government. The Buhari's administration on December 9, 2019, launched the Open Treasury Portal. The purpose is to increase transparency in government spending. On Thursday,
In one, N68m payment was made for “Ogunsuyi” and N15.8m for “international” as a description.
After the launch, the All Progressives Congress , said it affirmed Buhari’s resolve to tackle public sector corruption and plug leakages in the public treasury. It called it a novelty in the pursuit of open governance, transparency and anti-corruption fight under Buhari’s Presidency. APC spokesman, Lanre Issa-Onilu, in a statement said, “Those who want to do business with the government should understand that henceforth, everything would be done in the open.
He noted that every Nigerian now has access to every naira the government is making, every naira it is spending and on what it is being spent.
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