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SGF Appears Before Senate Committee To Defend Budget

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has presented a budget of 9.88 billion naira for his office in 2017. Mr Babachir … Continue reading SGF Appears Before Senate Committee To Defend Budget


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Babachir LawalThe Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has presented a budget of 9.88 billion naira for his office in 2017.

Mr Babachir Lawal appeared before the Senate committee on Federal Character to defend the budget of his office.

He told Senators that the proposed 400 million Naira is for the purchase of vehicles for former Presidents, since they were all due for change of vehicles usually procured at the end of four years.

According to Mr Lawal, his office also budgeted 2.69 billion naira for capital projects for the year 2017, just as he lamented that funds appropriated to the office of the SGF in the 2016 budget, was grossly inadequate to meet some of the responsibilities of the office.