Between January and June 2023, the three levels of government – the Federal, States, and Local Government Councils (LGs) – split a total of N4.37 trillion from the Federation Account as statutory revenue allocations. This is stated in the latest report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) on Federation Account revenue allocations for the first half of the year. Dr. Orji Ogbonnanya Orji, Executive Secretary, NEITI, who announced the findings on Thursday in...
According to Works Minister David Umahi, the Federal government is not now able to reimburse State governments for money spent on Federal Roads. During his Thursday visit to Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde in Ibadan, Umahi made this clear. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Minister is in Oyo State on a two-day working visit. “The federal government will not be able to commit at this time due to the state of...
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), in collaboration with anti-corruption agencies and other stakeholders, have urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently establish and inaugurate the National Council for Public Procurement in order to combat the menace of procurement corruption, which accounts for over 70% of all corruption in Nigeria. The CSOs also demanded that the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management of Nigeria, CIPSMN, be established in order to strengthen the nation’s battle against procurement...
Save Nigeria Movement, a front line civil society organisation (CSO) in Abuja has denounced a media campaign including calls for nationwide protest against the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Monitoring Development Board (NCMDB) boss, Engr. Kesiyi Simbi Wabote by one Joshua Abah, an imposter using the hard earned reputation of the organisation to dupe and defraud unsuspecting Nigerians. In a strongly worded press statement signed by Rev Solomon Semaka, Convener of SNM, the group insisted that...
