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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Abia State Government has denied spending over N900 million on the feeding and welfare of Governor Alex Otti from July to September 2023. Earlier, reports emerged that a budget performance report indicated that the government spent N927 million within three months on refreshments and meals, allowance, settlement of honorarium and welfare
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State raised the expenditure of “Refreshments and Meals” to N223,389,889.84 from the N8,460,000 spent by his predecessor, Okezie Ikpeazu in the first quarter of 2023, further checks by SaharaReporters at the state budget performance report on Tuesday revealed. SaharaReporters observed that Otti’s N223million expenditure was over 1000% of what was spent at the First quarter (Q1- January-March 2023) during the past administration.
The allegations followed the state government's release of its budget performance.
Abia State has said that the office of the governor did not spend close to one billion naira on feeding and welfare in the third quarter period, as
The AIRI Urban-Rural Sustainability Action Proposal Competition was successfully completed in September 2023 as part of the “Rural Sustainability Prog....