Exposed: How Ekiti Gov Oyebanji splashed N580million on food, welfare in 3 months
Meanwhile, the state administration recorded zero appropriations for goods including "provision of electricity and water facilities, hospitals and health centers, public schools and libraries" in the three months under evaluation, according to the study.
According to the state budget performance report obtained by SaharaReporters on Tuesday, Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State spent N293,334,937.21 on meals and refreshments and N288,237,280 on welfare packages in three months (July-September 2023).
Meanwhile, the state administration recorded zero appropriations for goods including “provision of electricity and water facilities, hospitals and health centers, public schools and libraries” in the three months under evaluation, according to the study.
The report, titled
“Ekiti State Government Budget Performance Report For 2023 Quarter 3” was “produced by the Ministry of Budget, Economic Planning and Performance Management in conjunction with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Office of the State Accountant-General, Office of the State Auditor-General and Internal Revenue Service which constitute Fiscal Coordinating Agencies and published on the Ekiti State website at http://www.ekitistate.gov.ng/.”
The report added that
“This report includes the original approved Budget appropriation for the year 2023 against each organizational unit for each of the core economic classification of expenditure (Personnel, Overheads, Capital and Others), the actual expenditure for the Quarter (Q3) attributed to each organisational unit, as well as the cumulative expenditure for year to date and balances against each of the revenue and expenditure Appropriations.”
According to the state budget performance report obtained by SaharaReporters on Tuesday, Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State spent N293,334,937.21 on meals and refreshments and N288,237,280 on welfare packages in three months (July-September 2023).
Meanwhile, the state administration recorded zero appropriations for goods including “provision of electricity and water facilities, hospitals and health centers, public schools and libraries” in the three months under evaluation, according to the study.
(Credit: Ekitistate.gov.ng, Sahara Reporters)