- The minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development has surprised members of the Senate over the suspicious N206 billion found in the ministry’s budget
- Speaking during the budget defence, the minister said the N206 billion was listed in the budget for the purchase of military equipment
- Sadiya Farouq, however, said that she is ignorant of how the item got into the budget line of the ministry
There was drama at the Nigerian Senate on Thursday, December 1, after the minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, Sadiya Farouq, informed senators that the N206 billion found in the ministry’s budget was for the purchase of military equipment.
ThisDay reports that the minister had earlier disowned any involvement with such an amount of money while stating that it was inserted into the budget by the finance ministry without her knowledge.
