BudgIT, a civic-tech non-profit organisation, says 460 projects amounting to N378.9 billion were duplicated in the 2022 budget signed by President Muhammadu Buhari into law on December 31, 2021. Iyanu Fatoba, communications associate at BudgIT, disclosed this in a statement obtained by Platforms Africa. The presidency had submitted a proposed fiscal budget of N16.391 trillion to the national assembly, but the lawmakers later raised it to N17.127 trillion — an increase of N735.8 billion. BudgIT said it uncovered the discrepancies after examining the 21,108 capital projects in the budget. “Our…
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