Governor Spends N1.2billion On Entertainment In Nine Months, Zero Fund For Basic Education
The nine months under review are between January and September 2024.
ASaharaReporters’ review of the Akwa-Ibom State budget performance documents has shown that the state spent N1.2billion on entertainment at meetings in nine months.
The nine months under review are between January and September 2024.
This would mean that the state spent on the average, N141million monthly on entertainment at meetings between January and September 2024.
The development is even as the state’s ministry of science and technology spent only N1.6 million on its capital expenditure in the same period of time.
Only N165 million was spent on the capital expenditure of the water resources ministry of the state.
No money was spent on the capital expenditure of the state universal basic education board.
While the state spent N1.2 billion to entertain people at meetings, it only spent N1 billion for capital expenditure of health ministry in the state.
The development comes amid call for prudence in the management of state resources.
With N1.2 billion spent on entertainment at meetings, it would mean that the state spent nineteen times its earnings from direct assessment tax on entertainment.
This is as it earned N66million from direct assessment tax.
This move comes even as 70% of households in Akwa Ibom are said to lack access to sanitary facilities, another 64% are said to lack access to clean drinking water.
