Buhari's Budget Riddled With Errors Puts Graft War in Doubt
- Rent for presidential residence among items in the budget
- President Buhari has proposed a record 6.1 trillion naira plan
Muhammadu Buhari Photographer: Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2016 budget proposals are riddled with errors and provisions that may undermine his anti-graft war, civic groups say.
In some instances, the same purchase of vehicles, computers and furniture are replicated 24 times, totaling 46.5 billion naira ($234 million), 795 million naira is set aside to update the website of one ministry, while no purpose is assigned to a 10 billion naira provision in the education ministry’s spending plan, according to Oluseun Onigbinde, partner and co-founder of BudgIT, a Nigerian group that campaigns for transparency in public spending.