BudgIT Uncovers 460 Duplicated Projects Worth N378.9bn in 2022 Budget

BudgIT, a civic-tech non-profit organisation, says 460 projects amounting to N378.9 billion were duplicated in the 2022 budget.

Iyanu Fatoba, communications associate at BudgIT, disclosed this in a statement.

On December 31, 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the N17.13 trillion 2022 appropriation bill into law.

The presidency had submitted a proposed fiscal budget of N16.391 trillion to the national assembly, but the lawmakers later raised it to N17.127 trillion — an increase of N735.8 billion.

BudgIT said it uncovered the discrepancies after examining the 21,108 capital projects in the budget.

“Our preliminary analysis of the 21,108 capital projects in the 2022 approved budget revealed 460 duplicated projects amounting to N378.9 billion,” the statement reads.

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