By Christiana Ekpa
The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Rivers has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Sole Administration of the state, Vice Admiral Ibok-Eke Ibas (Rtd) to submit breakdown of major items in the 2025 N1.48 trillion Appropriation bill.
The Chairman of the committee, Rep. Julius Ihonvbere (APC-Edo) issued the ultimates on Monday at budget defence session in Abuja.
He said that the committee had gone through the budget as presented by the sole administrator and had raised several issues.
He that the administrator should submit the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) which a legal document that should precede budget presentation.
Ihonvbere who is the Majority Leader of the house, queried the allocation of N24 billion for CCTV cameras to be installed in the state government house, demanding for the breakdown.
He also queried the allocation of N30 billion for the purchase of gun boats and N23 billion earmarked for contingency reserves, requesting for justification of the sum.
The chairman said that the committee also observed and questioned the allocation of state funds to existing federal project without agreement with the Federal Government refunds among others.
“We need additional details for those allocations, we request details of state Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the last three months to enable us know your financial flows so that we can weigh it against the deficit in the budget in terms of financing it and carrying out some of the projects.
“We also need details of transfers to local governments, essentially how local government funds that come into the state are being managed at the moment.(NAN)
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