206bn budget padding: Farouq writes Finance Minister, demands explanation

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*•Insists she has no knowledge of controversial amount inserted in her ministry’s budget proposal*

*•Budget office to react next week*

THE Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, headed by Sadiya Umar Farouq, has written a letter to the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, headed by Mrs Zainab Ahmed, seeking clarification on the N206 billion inserted into its 2023 Appropriation Bill.

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Farouq insisted that she knew nothing about how the controversial figure was inserted into the budget.

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