The Ministry of Power has been queried by the Senate over the sum of N7 billion allegedly smuggled into its budget without appropriation from the National Assembly.
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts premised its query on the 2015 audit report of the Auditor-General of the Federal Government which was submitted to it for consideration. The Committee chaired by Senator Matthew Urhoghide (Edo South) wondered how N7 billion could have appeared in the Ministry’s Accounts when the 2015 budget was yet to be passed and the account for 2014 was already closed. The lawmakers noted that there was no evidence that such money was budgeted for in respect of the Hydropower Transmission Project in either 2014 or 2015 fiscal year.
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