See El-Rufai’s post below...
Information obtained from the Office
of the Secretary General of the Federation (OSGF) in a letter dated October 12,
2015 and made available to BudgIT Nigeria, an organisation committed to
exposing transparency and accountability in public finance, apparently showed
that El-Rufai exaggerated the figures spent by the Jonathan administration for
four years to hold independence day celebrations.
According to the letter by OSGF and
signed by the Director (Finance & Accounts), Mohammed Lawal Garba, no
funds were released for the independence day anniversary celebration in 2011.
In 2012, N107,600,000 was released for the celebrations. In 2013, only the sum
of N45 million was approved and in 2014, only N180 million was spent.
Independence Day:
Recall that following the
announcement that President Muhammadu Buhari earmarked only N70 million for the
2015 Independence Day Anniversary, Governor El-Rufai took to his Facebook page
on October 1, 2015, alleging that the administration of former President
Jonathan spent N13 billion in 2011, N15 billion in 2012, N14 billion in 2013
and N22 billion in 2014.
:
El-Rufai’s Facebook post on
Jonathan’s spending for Independence Anniversaries (2011-2014)
But in a swift response, the
immediate past Minister of National Planning during the Goodluck Jonathan
presidency, Abubakar Sulaiman, said the Jonathan administration only spent N333
million on three independence anniversaries (2012-2014) and not the billions of
naira being bandied about by the Kaduna State Governor.
However, ask of the time El-Rufai’s Facebook page was
checked he has
deleted the post.
Details of the letter from the
OSGF’s office revealed that as against N64 billion, the Jonathan administration
spent N333, 600, 000 on Independence Anniversary between 2011 to 2014.
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